OUR CATTERY BLOG - 2014
In Our Cattery Blog at Victorian Gardens Cattery, you will find us chatting about all the current activity happening at our Cattery, including pregnancies, births, babies and their development, new YouTube videos, new pictures, etc. We try to blog on a very regular basis throughout our kitten season. Please join us to find out all the exciting activity going on in our very busy Cattery.
CH Victoriandgn The Perfect Hydrangea, a Seal Point HImalayan
DAVE RUSSO PHOTOGRAPHY
December 27, 2014 Photo Shoot
On December 27, 2014, Dave Russo and his wife, Lila Forro, came to the Cattery for a visit. We spent all day playing with Primrose's litter and playing with the other cats at the Cattery. It was a wonderful day with friends, lunch, tea and kitties. Come take a look at the Photo Album he has but together of his and Lila's day at the Cattery. You can view it as a slide show by clicking the box on the right side in Smugmug or on our website at the Feline Photography of Dave Russo.
http://lilaf.smugmug.com/Category/Victorian-Gardens-Cats-Dec2014/
December 27, 2014 Photo Shoot
On December 27, 2014, Dave Russo and his wife, Lila Forro, came to the Cattery for a visit. We spent all day playing with Primrose's litter and playing with the other cats at the Cattery. It was a wonderful day with friends, lunch, tea and kitties. Come take a look at the Photo Album he has but together of his and Lila's day at the Cattery. You can view it as a slide show by clicking the box on the right side in Smugmug or on our website at the Feline Photography of Dave Russo.
http://lilaf.smugmug.com/Category/Victorian-Gardens-Cats-Dec2014/
Penelope, an Extreme Face Tortoiseshell CPC Persian
MERRY CHRISTMAS
FROM
VICTORIAN GARDENS CATTERY
December 24, 2014
As we reflect back on 2014, we can sum it up as one of the busiest years that we have ever had. We were very busy with six litters blessing our Cattery, as well as the wonderful families that these kittens went to. We have a lot to be thankful for. We had a new Sire and a new TeaserTom come to live at our Cattery this past year. We did more remodeling on the house and the rooms at the Cattery. We did get behind in our blogging about our new families but will be working on this as we have a much needed rest come January and February. We are so blessed to have such wonderful families for our babies. We always smile when we see our families posting their kittens and cats directly to our Facebook page. We know they are proud of their babies and that makes us very happy.
Since we didn't have time to get our normal Christmas cards out to our families, we have just published our Victorian Carriage Photo Shoots to Diamond and Pansy's Nurseries in lieu of our Christmas card. Pansy's kittens Photo Shoot was shot in front of our Victorian Christmas Tree filled with heirloom Victorian Adler ornaments. Of course these ornaments are at the top of the tree away from the prying little paws of our kittens. LOL. Hope you enjoy these pictures. It is our Christmas card to our parents and those wonderful people who come on to our website on a regular basis to see our babies.
Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year
from
The Gang at Victorian Gardens Cattery
Susan, Wysteria (Our Dog), Primrose, Buttercup (Forever Cat), Peony (Retired Breeder), Pansy, Diamond, Rose, Hydrangea, Petunia, Hollyhock, Willie Wonka, Little Miracle, Lil Toy Drummer, Monte (Teaser Tom) and our newest addition, Sweet Isaiah
FROM
VICTORIAN GARDENS CATTERY
December 24, 2014
As we reflect back on 2014, we can sum it up as one of the busiest years that we have ever had. We were very busy with six litters blessing our Cattery, as well as the wonderful families that these kittens went to. We have a lot to be thankful for. We had a new Sire and a new TeaserTom come to live at our Cattery this past year. We did more remodeling on the house and the rooms at the Cattery. We did get behind in our blogging about our new families but will be working on this as we have a much needed rest come January and February. We are so blessed to have such wonderful families for our babies. We always smile when we see our families posting their kittens and cats directly to our Facebook page. We know they are proud of their babies and that makes us very happy.
Since we didn't have time to get our normal Christmas cards out to our families, we have just published our Victorian Carriage Photo Shoots to Diamond and Pansy's Nurseries in lieu of our Christmas card. Pansy's kittens Photo Shoot was shot in front of our Victorian Christmas Tree filled with heirloom Victorian Adler ornaments. Of course these ornaments are at the top of the tree away from the prying little paws of our kittens. LOL. Hope you enjoy these pictures. It is our Christmas card to our parents and those wonderful people who come on to our website on a regular basis to see our babies.
Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year
from
The Gang at Victorian Gardens Cattery
Susan, Wysteria (Our Dog), Primrose, Buttercup (Forever Cat), Peony (Retired Breeder), Pansy, Diamond, Rose, Hydrangea, Petunia, Hollyhock, Willie Wonka, Little Miracle, Lil Toy Drummer, Monte (Teaser Tom) and our newest addition, Sweet Isaiah
After My Bath ...
December 18, 2014
Tomorrow Penelope, Pansy and Willie's Tortoiseshell kitten, is leaving for Raleigh and her new home with Schann Westbrook and her family. Penelope's new sister will be our very own Tabitha, a Tortoiseshell kitten from Primrose and Willie's litter in the Spring of this year. They will have a ball together, along with Schann's three children who love animals.
For her bath today, she got Groomers Goop on dry fur for 5 minutes. She tends to have an oily coat and this is the only product that has worked to tap down the oil. She was then shampooed with a special Kitten Baby Powder Scent Shampoo and original Dawn. A nice good long rinse was next followed by a gentle dunk in a bucket of warm water and vinegar. This was followed by another warm water rinse, a blow dry. To keep her from getting her ruff wet ... yes... she loves playing in the water ... we topped her off with a custom bib. She has a ton of gorgeous red in her coat. Now a nap is in order ... for her ... not me. I still have three Cream babies that are in need of bathes. A breeders life is really 24/7.
December 18, 2014
Tomorrow Penelope, Pansy and Willie's Tortoiseshell kitten, is leaving for Raleigh and her new home with Schann Westbrook and her family. Penelope's new sister will be our very own Tabitha, a Tortoiseshell kitten from Primrose and Willie's litter in the Spring of this year. They will have a ball together, along with Schann's three children who love animals.
For her bath today, she got Groomers Goop on dry fur for 5 minutes. She tends to have an oily coat and this is the only product that has worked to tap down the oil. She was then shampooed with a special Kitten Baby Powder Scent Shampoo and original Dawn. A nice good long rinse was next followed by a gentle dunk in a bucket of warm water and vinegar. This was followed by another warm water rinse, a blow dry. To keep her from getting her ruff wet ... yes... she loves playing in the water ... we topped her off with a custom bib. She has a ton of gorgeous red in her coat. Now a nap is in order ... for her ... not me. I still have three Cream babies that are in need of bathes. A breeders life is really 24/7.
SWEET OBADIAH
Doll Faced Cream Point Male Himalayan
Available
Pet Quality
$850.00
Doll Faced Cream Point Male Himalayan
Available
Pet Quality
$850.00
Primrose and Toy’s Doll Face Male Cream Point Himalayan - $850.00
Grandson to the famous GC Stepp'nstone Choc'lat Drummer
Just look at the long beauty coat on this boy. He also has the large round eyes and smaller ears of his father. He has a nice rounded head. He is a very handsome Himalayan. Since he has white fur, he will need his face washed once a day with a babies wash cloth. Since this is Toy’s first litter at the Cattery, I have really been watching his babies to see their individual personalities. All three boys have very unique personalities. He loves to play. He tends to be reserved until he gets to know you. In the last week, I have held him in my arms and he has settled in for a bit. He even started climbing on the couch to be with me. Toy, his father, loves to be loved and petted and can’t get enough of it. So I think this guy is just starting to show his personality like his Cream Persian brother. His teeth/jaw appear to be in perfect alignment. He will be ready to leave the Cattery on January 4, 2015. You can see more pictures of him and videos by going to Primrose's Nursery. If you are interested in him, please read our Prices and Policies page before turning in a Kitten Application. Please, serious applicants only.
Is Your Cat Vomiting On A Regular Basis?
December 5, 2014
There is an excellent video by Dr. Karen Becker available to watch on why cats throw up. Please see our page entitled "Is Your Cat Vomiting On A Regular Basis?" to see this video. Listen as she discusses the unpleasant but all-too-common problem of cats that vomit on a regular basis. It is my experience, as a breeder, that when cats are feed a high corn feed diet, that it will eventually catch up with them in health issues. I want to stress that cats are carnivores, meaning they eat meat and fat. Please make sure your are feeding the best high quality food to your cats that contain at least 50% protein and 20% fat. We feed Young Again at our Cattery because it meets the standard for a carnivore. You can find more information on this food on our Cattery website. Please read your cat's food bag to see what the top six ingredients are in your cat's food. You might be horrified to find out that corn is either in second or third place. Corn is a filler. It allows pet food companies to make a bigger profit. Cats were not meant to have corn in their diet. Please find a cat food that is high in good protein sources and fat sources, low in carbohydrates and grain free.
Cattery Updates
November 25, 2014
Tomorrow, Aspen, Diamond's Black and White Bi-Color Persian girl leaves for her new home with the Tracy Family who lives in Wilmington, NC. They adopted Max, Pansy's Black Persian boy from us last year. On Saturday, her brother, Cartier, leaves for his new home with the de-Beixedon-King Family in Newport News, Virgina. We will be posted their Victorian Carriage Photo Shoot (which we shot today), the early part of next week. So stayed tuned for it.
Pansy's two Seal Point Himalayans will be leaving December 15th for their new home with Bonnie Jones in Wilmington, NC. We were going to keep Pansy's Tortoiseshell Persian as a future breeder. We love the personality of this girl. Pansy's Tortoiseshell is a character with a personality and smarts that are truly unique. She is a real love bug. It was a hard decision, but we have decided to let her be adopted since we really want to keep Primrose's Cream Persian boy as a future breeder. He is maturing so very nicely. Since our town limits the amount of breeders we can have, we are limiting ourselves to only one kitten to keep for breeding from these three litters. We will be doing Wait List picks for Primrose's litter the first week of December. At that time, we will add Pansy's Tortoiseshell to the picks. If any kittens are remaining after our Wait List pick, the remaining kittens will be placed on the Available Kittens page.
Rose has been in heat for the past four days. She has been in with L'il Toy Drum during that time. We will be able to verify if the mating was successful around December 11th or thereafter. Our Priority Wait List is lighter now that our Wait List families are adopting their kittens. We have decided to open back up our Wait List to new families. If you are interested in being placed on the Priority Wait List, please read our policies found on our Prices and Policies page first. Please, only serious applications. We spend a lot of time reviewing our Applicants and calling their Vets, in order to get the best homes for our babies. There usually is a wait for our kittens, though this may not always be the case. Please do not submit an Kitten Application if you are just browsing around or are not willing to wait for the right kitten from us. We have recently had a lot of applicants who applied but were browsing around and/or not willing to wait. We are a busy Cattery so please respect our time in this matter.
November 25, 2014
Tomorrow, Aspen, Diamond's Black and White Bi-Color Persian girl leaves for her new home with the Tracy Family who lives in Wilmington, NC. They adopted Max, Pansy's Black Persian boy from us last year. On Saturday, her brother, Cartier, leaves for his new home with the de-Beixedon-King Family in Newport News, Virgina. We will be posted their Victorian Carriage Photo Shoot (which we shot today), the early part of next week. So stayed tuned for it.
Pansy's two Seal Point Himalayans will be leaving December 15th for their new home with Bonnie Jones in Wilmington, NC. We were going to keep Pansy's Tortoiseshell Persian as a future breeder. We love the personality of this girl. Pansy's Tortoiseshell is a character with a personality and smarts that are truly unique. She is a real love bug. It was a hard decision, but we have decided to let her be adopted since we really want to keep Primrose's Cream Persian boy as a future breeder. He is maturing so very nicely. Since our town limits the amount of breeders we can have, we are limiting ourselves to only one kitten to keep for breeding from these three litters. We will be doing Wait List picks for Primrose's litter the first week of December. At that time, we will add Pansy's Tortoiseshell to the picks. If any kittens are remaining after our Wait List pick, the remaining kittens will be placed on the Available Kittens page.
Rose has been in heat for the past four days. She has been in with L'il Toy Drum during that time. We will be able to verify if the mating was successful around December 11th or thereafter. Our Priority Wait List is lighter now that our Wait List families are adopting their kittens. We have decided to open back up our Wait List to new families. If you are interested in being placed on the Priority Wait List, please read our policies found on our Prices and Policies page first. Please, only serious applications. We spend a lot of time reviewing our Applicants and calling their Vets, in order to get the best homes for our babies. There usually is a wait for our kittens, though this may not always be the case. Please do not submit an Kitten Application if you are just browsing around or are not willing to wait for the right kitten from us. We have recently had a lot of applicants who applied but were browsing around and/or not willing to wait. We are a busy Cattery so please respect our time in this matter.
The Feline Photography of Purry Paw Points
November 22, 2014
On November 22, 2014, Schann Westbrook and her daughter Summer, came to the Cattery to enjoy the day playing with the new litters, holding and loving on them. They got to see Primrose's all Cream boys, Pansy's Seal Points and Tortoiseshell and Diamond's Black and White Bicolor and Black Persian. Schann also brought her camera. We had a fun day filled with both of them gracing the lives of these little ones. Enjoy Schann's newest photo shoot in the slide show above. Feel free to share these great photos.
November 22, 2014
On November 22, 2014, Schann Westbrook and her daughter Summer, came to the Cattery to enjoy the day playing with the new litters, holding and loving on them. They got to see Primrose's all Cream boys, Pansy's Seal Points and Tortoiseshell and Diamond's Black and White Bicolor and Black Persian. Schann also brought her camera. We had a fun day filled with both of them gracing the lives of these little ones. Enjoy Schann's newest photo shoot in the slide show above. Feel free to share these great photos.
More Candids From Our Cattery
and New Video
November 22, 2014
Here are a few more candid shots taken within the past week of our kittens. They grow so fast and grow up just as fast. We also have just published a new video of two of Primrose's babies having a ball in the Chamber Pot. You can click the link below to go directly to the video on our YouTube Channel.
http://youtu.be/yyuL5QCzmIs
and New Video
November 22, 2014
Here are a few more candid shots taken within the past week of our kittens. They grow so fast and grow up just as fast. We also have just published a new video of two of Primrose's babies having a ball in the Chamber Pot. You can click the link below to go directly to the video on our YouTube Channel.
http://youtu.be/yyuL5QCzmIs
Victorian Chamber Pot Photo Shoot
Primrose's Six Week Old Kittens
November 20, 2014
Primrose and Toy's babies turned 6 weeks old on Monday. They are no longer babies but have turned into kittens. They are potty trained and eating dry and wet food. They were moved down to the Toddler Room on Wednesday. They grow up so fast. We are very happy they are in the Toddler Room with the five huge windows streaming light in. They are also seeing other kittens through their fence which we have on the canvas mat. L'il Toy Drum did us proud by bringing to us his small ear and gigantic eye genes to our litter. You can definitely see those features in these kittens. I also think he brought us the extra long thin coat. Usually Primrose provides us with kittens with a cotton coat. They were absolutely perfect today for their first bath. They just hung limp while I bathed and blow dried them. What a dream. Hopefully they keep that up. Of course, they didn't like their noses scrubbed and their eyes washed with a washcloth. They love getting down in their wet food and the food cakes in their noses. It kind of reminded me of little boys who don't like you to wash behind their ears. LOL. Just click on the picture to be taken to Primrose's Nursery and the individual Photo Shoots.
Primrose's Six Week Old Kittens
November 20, 2014
Primrose and Toy's babies turned 6 weeks old on Monday. They are no longer babies but have turned into kittens. They are potty trained and eating dry and wet food. They were moved down to the Toddler Room on Wednesday. They grow up so fast. We are very happy they are in the Toddler Room with the five huge windows streaming light in. They are also seeing other kittens through their fence which we have on the canvas mat. L'il Toy Drum did us proud by bringing to us his small ear and gigantic eye genes to our litter. You can definitely see those features in these kittens. I also think he brought us the extra long thin coat. Usually Primrose provides us with kittens with a cotton coat. They were absolutely perfect today for their first bath. They just hung limp while I bathed and blow dried them. What a dream. Hopefully they keep that up. Of course, they didn't like their noses scrubbed and their eyes washed with a washcloth. They love getting down in their wet food and the food cakes in their noses. It kind of reminded me of little boys who don't like you to wash behind their ears. LOL. Just click on the picture to be taken to Primrose's Nursery and the individual Photo Shoots.
Black Persians and Silver Linings
November 19, 2014
We have had a good discussion on our Facebook page the last few days, well, the last month regarding Diamond's first litter this year of all Black Persians. The litter is now 6 1/2 months old and are starting to present beautifully. From all the parents, I am hearing wonderful comments about the personalities of these babies. Yes, the personality is directly from CH Willie Wonka's playbook. They love to be loved, they loved to be with you ALL the time. They are not skittish and will in fact welcome your guests in to your home. So on Facebook this week, the families have been comparing the looks of these litter mates, including all the silver shading that is coming up. I even gave them the link to see the silver shading in the 2013 and 2012 CFA Persian winners on the CFA website. Please join us on Facebook to see all the complete comments. I was asked the weight of Black Velvet Petunia so I went and took her weight. At 6 1/2 months old, she is weighing in at 7.6 lbs. She is heavy and heavy boned. She is going to be a large girl. Her copper eyes are looking good with more deepening still to come as she matures, especially since she is a chocolate carrier. But for now, she had gorgeous eye color that beats her mother's eye color. She has a thick and beautiful show tail that rivals her mother's show tail. She has body shading that may turn to silver. Her ruff is already silver. So I decided to grab my camera today and do a Photo Shoot of Petunia. She has not been bathed in a while and I didn't get a chance to trim her ears. She really has small ears but the fur tips make them look bigger than they really are. We are planning on showing her at a CFA show when she turns eight months old and see how she does. You can see her complete Photo Shoot by clicking on the picture above. Enjoy.
November 19, 2014
We have had a good discussion on our Facebook page the last few days, well, the last month regarding Diamond's first litter this year of all Black Persians. The litter is now 6 1/2 months old and are starting to present beautifully. From all the parents, I am hearing wonderful comments about the personalities of these babies. Yes, the personality is directly from CH Willie Wonka's playbook. They love to be loved, they loved to be with you ALL the time. They are not skittish and will in fact welcome your guests in to your home. So on Facebook this week, the families have been comparing the looks of these litter mates, including all the silver shading that is coming up. I even gave them the link to see the silver shading in the 2013 and 2012 CFA Persian winners on the CFA website. Please join us on Facebook to see all the complete comments. I was asked the weight of Black Velvet Petunia so I went and took her weight. At 6 1/2 months old, she is weighing in at 7.6 lbs. She is heavy and heavy boned. She is going to be a large girl. Her copper eyes are looking good with more deepening still to come as she matures, especially since she is a chocolate carrier. But for now, she had gorgeous eye color that beats her mother's eye color. She has a thick and beautiful show tail that rivals her mother's show tail. She has body shading that may turn to silver. Her ruff is already silver. So I decided to grab my camera today and do a Photo Shoot of Petunia. She has not been bathed in a while and I didn't get a chance to trim her ears. She really has small ears but the fur tips make them look bigger than they really are. We are planning on showing her at a CFA show when she turns eight months old and see how she does. You can see her complete Photo Shoot by clicking on the picture above. Enjoy.
Cattery Updates
November 15, 2014
Yesterday was a busy day for our litters at the Cattery. The litters had company come from far away to visit and play with them. One mother, Bonnie, came to visit with her precious new babies, Pansy and Willie's Seal Point Himalayans. It was wonderful watching her love on her babies. Then the Tracy family came to pick their kitten from Diamond and Little Miracle's Litter. They picked Diamond and Little Miracle's Black and White Bi-Color Persian as the perfect match for their family and Max, their Black Persian, from Pansy and Willie's litter last year. We all had a great time visiting. We even brought down Primrose's babies to show them off. Little did we know that Primrose's Cream Persian would take such a liking to Bonnie. That little boy just did not want to leave her lap. I am starting to think he may be a lap kitten after seeing that. All the kittens were exhausted from their big day of playing and being loved on. We took a few candid photos yesterday and a few from the week to share in our Slide Show.
November 15, 2014
Yesterday was a busy day for our litters at the Cattery. The litters had company come from far away to visit and play with them. One mother, Bonnie, came to visit with her precious new babies, Pansy and Willie's Seal Point Himalayans. It was wonderful watching her love on her babies. Then the Tracy family came to pick their kitten from Diamond and Little Miracle's Litter. They picked Diamond and Little Miracle's Black and White Bi-Color Persian as the perfect match for their family and Max, their Black Persian, from Pansy and Willie's litter last year. We all had a great time visiting. We even brought down Primrose's babies to show them off. Little did we know that Primrose's Cream Persian would take such a liking to Bonnie. That little boy just did not want to leave her lap. I am starting to think he may be a lap kitten after seeing that. All the kittens were exhausted from their big day of playing and being loved on. We took a few candid photos yesterday and a few from the week to share in our Slide Show.
Cattery Updates
November 9, 2014
We are now working our way down our Priority Wait List for picks of Diamond and Pansy's litters. We are keeping Pansy's delightful Tortoiseshell for a future breeder at our Cattery. She is a character. She will help bring more of the red gene in to our Cattery. We somehow got overloaded with the Black color and were missing out on those fabulous reds. She is also a Chocolate carrier and may also be a dilute carrier. Once everyone on the Priority Wait List has had an opportunity to pick or pass to another litter, we will make available any remaining kittens on our Available Kittens page.
Starting the first week of December, we will start picks on Primrose's litter. Primrose's babies are now eating wet food. I even noticed someone is using the litter box on their own without any assistance from us. They are running all around their Nursery now. They are a bunch of characters also. They do have Primrose's smarts. The Himi and the Bicolor are already talking loudly as they run around the room. I just put in their new playstation the other day and already the Bicolor is climbing to the top. He is a real charmer. He runs up to me as soon as I enter the Nursery. Too me, the solid Cream is one beauty. He is a chunker, meaning fat. They all are going to have big round eyes. I love watching them play. I will try for another video to catch them in action. And talking about chunkers ...
Diamond's two kittens are so chubby. They are only eating Young Again Cat and Kitten Food and are eating the regular size kibble. The Black Persian is a mass of fur. He is getting his fur coat from his father and his grandmother, Peony. He may even get her beautiful long ear tuffs. He even has what I call "cheek wings". That is where his long fur is coming out of his cheeks. It is a mark of my girl's line coming through. Pansy's kittens ... so sweet ... so beautiful. Pansy and Willie really do make wonderful babies with great personalities.
So we are busier than ever with the three litters on the ground. Our Priority Wait List has access to the Webcam and from what I hear, are enjoying watching the litters play. Diamond's kittens are due their first Wellness Exam within the next two weeks as well as their Victorian Carriage Photo Shoot. Primrose's babies are due their Victorian Chamber Pot Photo Shoot in the next few weeks also. We will try for some candid photos this week.
Even though are Priority Wait List is closed to new families until we have confirmed pregnancies, we are still accepting Kitten Applications. If we receive an application, we will put it on hold till that time. If we do have a kitten become available after the Wait List picks, we will work the Kitten Applications on first come basis. We are still a small Cattery but we are scheduling to have more litters next year in order for approved families on our Wait List to have less of a wait time for their kitten(s). Our kittens are popular because we focus on the love, care and health of each kitten. Health is our priority at our Cattery and we do extensive testing on all our breeders to ensure the health of the kittens born. If any one has any questions regarding our Priority Wait List policies, please read our Prices and Policies page on the website.
November 9, 2014
We are now working our way down our Priority Wait List for picks of Diamond and Pansy's litters. We are keeping Pansy's delightful Tortoiseshell for a future breeder at our Cattery. She is a character. She will help bring more of the red gene in to our Cattery. We somehow got overloaded with the Black color and were missing out on those fabulous reds. She is also a Chocolate carrier and may also be a dilute carrier. Once everyone on the Priority Wait List has had an opportunity to pick or pass to another litter, we will make available any remaining kittens on our Available Kittens page.
Starting the first week of December, we will start picks on Primrose's litter. Primrose's babies are now eating wet food. I even noticed someone is using the litter box on their own without any assistance from us. They are running all around their Nursery now. They are a bunch of characters also. They do have Primrose's smarts. The Himi and the Bicolor are already talking loudly as they run around the room. I just put in their new playstation the other day and already the Bicolor is climbing to the top. He is a real charmer. He runs up to me as soon as I enter the Nursery. Too me, the solid Cream is one beauty. He is a chunker, meaning fat. They all are going to have big round eyes. I love watching them play. I will try for another video to catch them in action. And talking about chunkers ...
Diamond's two kittens are so chubby. They are only eating Young Again Cat and Kitten Food and are eating the regular size kibble. The Black Persian is a mass of fur. He is getting his fur coat from his father and his grandmother, Peony. He may even get her beautiful long ear tuffs. He even has what I call "cheek wings". That is where his long fur is coming out of his cheeks. It is a mark of my girl's line coming through. Pansy's kittens ... so sweet ... so beautiful. Pansy and Willie really do make wonderful babies with great personalities.
So we are busier than ever with the three litters on the ground. Our Priority Wait List has access to the Webcam and from what I hear, are enjoying watching the litters play. Diamond's kittens are due their first Wellness Exam within the next two weeks as well as their Victorian Carriage Photo Shoot. Primrose's babies are due their Victorian Chamber Pot Photo Shoot in the next few weeks also. We will try for some candid photos this week.
Even though are Priority Wait List is closed to new families until we have confirmed pregnancies, we are still accepting Kitten Applications. If we receive an application, we will put it on hold till that time. If we do have a kitten become available after the Wait List picks, we will work the Kitten Applications on first come basis. We are still a small Cattery but we are scheduling to have more litters next year in order for approved families on our Wait List to have less of a wait time for their kitten(s). Our kittens are popular because we focus on the love, care and health of each kitten. Health is our priority at our Cattery and we do extensive testing on all our breeders to ensure the health of the kittens born. If any one has any questions regarding our Priority Wait List policies, please read our Prices and Policies page on the website.
New YouTube Videos Available
November 2, 2014
Today we took two new videos of our litters. They are now published up on our YouTube channel. We have a video of Pansy's 6 1/2 week old kittens tearing around their new space in the Toddler Room. You can see Diamond's two kittens in the background playing. The other video is of Primrose's 3 1/2 week old kittens. They will actually be 4 weeks old tomorrow. You can use the links below to go directly to each video. If you like the video, please "like" it on our YouTube channel. Have fun watching.
Pansy's 6 1/2 Week Old Rambunctious Kittens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWn3OyzMao
Primrose's 3 1/2 Week Old Cream Kittens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4YIB1Nt04U
November 2, 2014
Today we took two new videos of our litters. They are now published up on our YouTube channel. We have a video of Pansy's 6 1/2 week old kittens tearing around their new space in the Toddler Room. You can see Diamond's two kittens in the background playing. The other video is of Primrose's 3 1/2 week old kittens. They will actually be 4 weeks old tomorrow. You can use the links below to go directly to each video. If you like the video, please "like" it on our YouTube channel. Have fun watching.
Pansy's 6 1/2 Week Old Rambunctious Kittens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWn3OyzMao
Primrose's 3 1/2 Week Old Cream Kittens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4YIB1Nt04U
Cattery Updates
November 1, 2014
Well, what a difference a day makes in the weather. It is cold and drizzly here. It sure now feels like Fall in the air. I think it is time to cook up a batch of homemade tomato and basil bisque soap. Just the thing for a cold night.
We have just set up our live web cam in Primrose's Nursery. Her babies are so cute. They were moved late last night to the larger Nursery. Right off the bat, the Cream Bi-Color took off walking all around with no slipping on the vinyl mat. He is so socialable. He has been looking around all over the place for the last couple of weeks. My guess it that is has gotten Primrose's smart gene. He is even talking as he walks or slow runs around the room. I just spent some time with them and they all are having a good time in the Nursery playing. At this age, they are playing more by themselves. It is so cute to watch. Our Cream Persian has such a sweet and innocent extreme face. The Cream Himi is enjoying himself running on his tiptoes playing with imaginary things. Just too cute. So those on the Priority Wait List and Adoptive families enjoy these babies in action live on the web cam. I will try to publish a video tomorrow of them for our YouTube subscribers.
Pansy's kittens are really enjoying their new toys and room. Unfortunately, when I unwrapped their new Playstation and set it up, I never ever thought about fleas. My house is flea free. Well thanks to the China made Playstation, the kittens are now scratching. Yes, I do believe the Made in China Playstation was from a flea bag factory in China. Who would have thought? So lesson learned, bleach out new Playstations before setting them up. I hate to take it away from the kittens at this point because they are having so much fun playing on it and sleeping on it. Their mother is on Advantage so this should take care of the problem along with some nice bathes. Yes, they are up for a bath this week. We will publish a video of them in their new digs tomorrow on YouTube. Their mother Pansy is in heat. They watch her rolling around wondering why their mother is doing that. Their expressions are so cute. LOL The little boy, I really should say, big boy, is so rambunctious and quite the charmer. We have this thing we do together. I pick him up and hold him a few inches from my face and he looks me right in the eyes and gets a ton of kisses. He puts up with it really well. In fact, he will definitely be a lap kitten. He will cry if you are attending to another sibling and not him. He has fallen asleep in my arms many a times. I do the same face kisses with his Seal sister but notice that her ears are back when I do it. I think I am invading her space. She is more reserved then he is. Of course the Tortoiseshell ... she is character plus in overdrive. This is a group of characters for sure. We have had the live Web cam running in their Nursery for the last day so that our families could enjoy them.
Diamond's kittens are doing great. There are in the same room as Pansy's kittens but separated by a fence. The Black and White Bi-Color girl could be seen last night showing off her play skills to the younger kittens. She has calmed down so much in her strong willed personality and is really turning out to be a very sweet and sociable kitten. She even laid in my arms like a baby for quite a bit of time this afternoon, letting me rub her tummy. I think she could easily be a lap kitten. I probably could not have said that before her time out. LOL We only had to instigated a time out one time and have not needed it since. They had their first vaccine on Thursday on the 9 week birthday. Her brother has ramped up his rambunctiousness. I was petting him today and noticed that he has his father's wonderful coat. He has fur sticking out everywhere. He really is going to be a beauty. I think the little girl looks so much like her mother Diamond.
Our Priority Wait List will be starting picks this week on Diamond and Pansy's litter. We will do picks at a later time for Primrose's babies. We want to give them a little bit more time to develop and for families to see their personalities shine. Any kittens not picked will be placed on the Available Kittens page.
November 1, 2014
Well, what a difference a day makes in the weather. It is cold and drizzly here. It sure now feels like Fall in the air. I think it is time to cook up a batch of homemade tomato and basil bisque soap. Just the thing for a cold night.
We have just set up our live web cam in Primrose's Nursery. Her babies are so cute. They were moved late last night to the larger Nursery. Right off the bat, the Cream Bi-Color took off walking all around with no slipping on the vinyl mat. He is so socialable. He has been looking around all over the place for the last couple of weeks. My guess it that is has gotten Primrose's smart gene. He is even talking as he walks or slow runs around the room. I just spent some time with them and they all are having a good time in the Nursery playing. At this age, they are playing more by themselves. It is so cute to watch. Our Cream Persian has such a sweet and innocent extreme face. The Cream Himi is enjoying himself running on his tiptoes playing with imaginary things. Just too cute. So those on the Priority Wait List and Adoptive families enjoy these babies in action live on the web cam. I will try to publish a video tomorrow of them for our YouTube subscribers.
Pansy's kittens are really enjoying their new toys and room. Unfortunately, when I unwrapped their new Playstation and set it up, I never ever thought about fleas. My house is flea free. Well thanks to the China made Playstation, the kittens are now scratching. Yes, I do believe the Made in China Playstation was from a flea bag factory in China. Who would have thought? So lesson learned, bleach out new Playstations before setting them up. I hate to take it away from the kittens at this point because they are having so much fun playing on it and sleeping on it. Their mother is on Advantage so this should take care of the problem along with some nice bathes. Yes, they are up for a bath this week. We will publish a video of them in their new digs tomorrow on YouTube. Their mother Pansy is in heat. They watch her rolling around wondering why their mother is doing that. Their expressions are so cute. LOL The little boy, I really should say, big boy, is so rambunctious and quite the charmer. We have this thing we do together. I pick him up and hold him a few inches from my face and he looks me right in the eyes and gets a ton of kisses. He puts up with it really well. In fact, he will definitely be a lap kitten. He will cry if you are attending to another sibling and not him. He has fallen asleep in my arms many a times. I do the same face kisses with his Seal sister but notice that her ears are back when I do it. I think I am invading her space. She is more reserved then he is. Of course the Tortoiseshell ... she is character plus in overdrive. This is a group of characters for sure. We have had the live Web cam running in their Nursery for the last day so that our families could enjoy them.
Diamond's kittens are doing great. There are in the same room as Pansy's kittens but separated by a fence. The Black and White Bi-Color girl could be seen last night showing off her play skills to the younger kittens. She has calmed down so much in her strong willed personality and is really turning out to be a very sweet and sociable kitten. She even laid in my arms like a baby for quite a bit of time this afternoon, letting me rub her tummy. I think she could easily be a lap kitten. I probably could not have said that before her time out. LOL We only had to instigated a time out one time and have not needed it since. They had their first vaccine on Thursday on the 9 week birthday. Her brother has ramped up his rambunctiousness. I was petting him today and noticed that he has his father's wonderful coat. He has fur sticking out everywhere. He really is going to be a beauty. I think the little girl looks so much like her mother Diamond.
Our Priority Wait List will be starting picks this week on Diamond and Pansy's litter. We will do picks at a later time for Primrose's babies. We want to give them a little bit more time to develop and for families to see their personalities shine. Any kittens not picked will be placed on the Available Kittens page.
Happy Harvest Halloween
from
Tylney and Cadbury Fenton
and Angela and Neil Fenton
October 31, 2014
Tylney and Cadbury Fenton along with their parents, Angela and Neil Fenton would like to wish all the Victorian Gardens family, including our Adoptive Parents and Priority Wait List a Happy Harvest Halloween. Angela and Neil took these pictures of "The Twins" last night in their Halloween dresses. The Twins are our first rare Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persians born at our Cattery. They are so cute in their dresses!! Thank you Angela and Neil and The Twins.
We at, Victorian Gardens Cattery, would like to wish everyone a wonderful, safe and happy Fall Holiday Season. There is crisp nip in the air, a large ham cooking in the oven and life is good!
from
Tylney and Cadbury Fenton
and Angela and Neil Fenton
October 31, 2014
Tylney and Cadbury Fenton along with their parents, Angela and Neil Fenton would like to wish all the Victorian Gardens family, including our Adoptive Parents and Priority Wait List a Happy Harvest Halloween. Angela and Neil took these pictures of "The Twins" last night in their Halloween dresses. The Twins are our first rare Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persians born at our Cattery. They are so cute in their dresses!! Thank you Angela and Neil and The Twins.
We at, Victorian Gardens Cattery, would like to wish everyone a wonderful, safe and happy Fall Holiday Season. There is crisp nip in the air, a large ham cooking in the oven and life is good!
Victorian Chamber Pot Photo Shoot
Pansy's 5 1/2 Weeks Old Kittens
October 26, 2014
Pansy and Willie's kittens are now 5 1/2 weeks old. The Seal boy is a character. He is very friendly and social. He takes his personality after his Daddy, Willie. The Seal girl is more reserved and takes her personality after her Mommy, Pansy. The Tortie is a character also and is a nice blend of both her Dad and Mom's personality. She also eats like a horse just like her Mommy. It appears that the Seal boy will have a darker Seal coat than his sister. Both Seals appear to be blessed with Pansy's sweet ears. It appears that the whole litter will have good eye color. Time will definitely tell. You can view the individual kitten's Photo Shoots in Pansy's Nursery 2014.
Pansy's 5 1/2 Weeks Old Kittens
October 26, 2014
Pansy and Willie's kittens are now 5 1/2 weeks old. The Seal boy is a character. He is very friendly and social. He takes his personality after his Daddy, Willie. The Seal girl is more reserved and takes her personality after her Mommy, Pansy. The Tortie is a character also and is a nice blend of both her Dad and Mom's personality. She also eats like a horse just like her Mommy. It appears that the Seal boy will have a darker Seal coat than his sister. Both Seals appear to be blessed with Pansy's sweet ears. It appears that the whole litter will have good eye color. Time will definitely tell. You can view the individual kitten's Photo Shoots in Pansy's Nursery 2014.
Primrose's Babies 3 Week Old Photo Shoot
October 26, 2014
This coming Monday, Primrose's babies turn 3 weeks old. I so love the color Cream in a Persian and Himalayan. These babies are adorable. My best guess is that these three Cream babies will have very large eyes, deep copper eye color and small ears. You can already see how small their ears are in the photos. I got a surprise on Tuesday evening when I came home from shopping. They had their eyes open and were all looking around with their heads up. A few days ago, I brought them out of the birthing bed and onto the floor to practice their walking. They are still very much newborns but give them another week and Primrose will not be able to keep them in her bed. Already the Cream Bi-color is crawling out of the bed. Hope you enjoy these babies first Photo Shoot. We are still working on developing Primrose's Nursery webpage for this litter. Hopefully we will have time to work on it this week.
October 26, 2014
This coming Monday, Primrose's babies turn 3 weeks old. I so love the color Cream in a Persian and Himalayan. These babies are adorable. My best guess is that these three Cream babies will have very large eyes, deep copper eye color and small ears. You can already see how small their ears are in the photos. I got a surprise on Tuesday evening when I came home from shopping. They had their eyes open and were all looking around with their heads up. A few days ago, I brought them out of the birthing bed and onto the floor to practice their walking. They are still very much newborns but give them another week and Primrose will not be able to keep them in her bed. Already the Cream Bi-color is crawling out of the bed. Hope you enjoy these babies first Photo Shoot. We are still working on developing Primrose's Nursery webpage for this litter. Hopefully we will have time to work on it this week.
Priority Wait List
October 25, 2014
As of today's date, we are temporarily closing our Priority Wait List to new families. Our kittens are very popular for numerous reasons including our commitment to the health of our kittens. We will still accept new Kitten Applications but they will be held and not worked until we have the next three girls verified as being pregnant. At that time, we will reopen the Priority Wait List and will start working on the applications that have come in after October 25, 2014. If you have any questions, please contact us. We thank everyone for their interest in our kittens and their support of our Cattery. Feel free to "Friend" us on our Facebook page. Many of our Adoptive Parents directly post pictures of their Victorian Gardens kittens and cats there. Right now, we are months behind in blogging the updates that have come in from our Adoptive Parents. We hope to starting blogging about our adoptive kittens and cats in the near future. It is just such a busy time with three litters on the ground. We want to spend as much time as possibly with these beauties as they grow up so fast and then leave for their new homes.
October 25, 2014
As of today's date, we are temporarily closing our Priority Wait List to new families. Our kittens are very popular for numerous reasons including our commitment to the health of our kittens. We will still accept new Kitten Applications but they will be held and not worked until we have the next three girls verified as being pregnant. At that time, we will reopen the Priority Wait List and will start working on the applications that have come in after October 25, 2014. If you have any questions, please contact us. We thank everyone for their interest in our kittens and their support of our Cattery. Feel free to "Friend" us on our Facebook page. Many of our Adoptive Parents directly post pictures of their Victorian Gardens kittens and cats there. Right now, we are months behind in blogging the updates that have come in from our Adoptive Parents. We hope to starting blogging about our adoptive kittens and cats in the near future. It is just such a busy time with three litters on the ground. We want to spend as much time as possibly with these beauties as they grow up so fast and then leave for their new homes.
They Grow Up So Fast
Diamond's 7 Week Old Kitten Video
October 20, 2014
They do grow up so fast ... those delightful babies turn in to kittens. I sigh. Diamond's kittens are now 7 1/2 weeks old and the time has really just flown by. The boy is eating dry food and the girl is eating wet food mixed with dry. She doesn't like dry food and I am trying to trick her. They are still nursing on their mother, Diamond. She has been a much better mother her second time around the block. I think she is actually enjoying her babies this time. Of course, two kittens is a lot easier than 4 kittens. They graduated this past week to access the full Toddler Room. The boy took no time in jumping on the high pink station and making it his domain till he discovered the red playstation had a perfect spot for napping. We produced a video of them this afternoon and it is loading up on YouTube as I write this. It should be ready for viewing around 8 p.m. this evening. We will start going down the Wait List for picks on this litter starting the first week of November. You can click on the link below to be taken to our Youtube Channel and the video. Enjoy.
YouTube Video
http://youtu.be/-uMC2Xek48w
Diamond's 7 Week Old Kitten Video
October 20, 2014
They do grow up so fast ... those delightful babies turn in to kittens. I sigh. Diamond's kittens are now 7 1/2 weeks old and the time has really just flown by. The boy is eating dry food and the girl is eating wet food mixed with dry. She doesn't like dry food and I am trying to trick her. They are still nursing on their mother, Diamond. She has been a much better mother her second time around the block. I think she is actually enjoying her babies this time. Of course, two kittens is a lot easier than 4 kittens. They graduated this past week to access the full Toddler Room. The boy took no time in jumping on the high pink station and making it his domain till he discovered the red playstation had a perfect spot for napping. We produced a video of them this afternoon and it is loading up on YouTube as I write this. It should be ready for viewing around 8 p.m. this evening. We will start going down the Wait List for picks on this litter starting the first week of November. You can click on the link below to be taken to our Youtube Channel and the video. Enjoy.
YouTube Video
http://youtu.be/-uMC2Xek48w
Pansy's Kittens 4 Week Old Video
October 16, 2014
Pansy's three Persian and Himalayan kittens turned 4 weeks old on Tuesday. She had one extreme face Tortoiseshell Persian, one female extreme face Seal Point Himalayan and one male extreme face Seal Point Himalayan. The Himalayans are huge fluff balls. It looks like they will have a very fluffy cotton coat. The Tortoiseshell is probably going to have a silk coat. She is a character and the smallest of the litter but full of personality. We filmed the video today as they we walking around their Nursery. We had a surprise at the litter box. So far no one is litter box trained yet since Pansy is taking care of their potty needs. She is such a good mother. She is also nursing them so they are not too much interested in wet food, though the Tortoiseshell does eat the most wet food. Pansy would nurse them into adulthood if I would let her. Right now I am just giving her and her babies space so that Pansy will decide when the time is right to wean them. Of course, if it keeps up for another couple of weeks, I will have to step in and get them to eat more wet food and dry food. You really couldn't find a better mother than Pansy. Her babies know she loves them. She is bonded to them, plays with them and loves on them all day long. To view the video, just click on the YouTube link below. If you like the video, please "like" the video on our YouTube channel. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel to be notified immediately when we publish a new video. So far we have over 500 subscribers and counting. Enjoy.
YouTube Video Link
http://youtu.be/DgLSQBXQ5SY
October 16, 2014
Pansy's three Persian and Himalayan kittens turned 4 weeks old on Tuesday. She had one extreme face Tortoiseshell Persian, one female extreme face Seal Point Himalayan and one male extreme face Seal Point Himalayan. The Himalayans are huge fluff balls. It looks like they will have a very fluffy cotton coat. The Tortoiseshell is probably going to have a silk coat. She is a character and the smallest of the litter but full of personality. We filmed the video today as they we walking around their Nursery. We had a surprise at the litter box. So far no one is litter box trained yet since Pansy is taking care of their potty needs. She is such a good mother. She is also nursing them so they are not too much interested in wet food, though the Tortoiseshell does eat the most wet food. Pansy would nurse them into adulthood if I would let her. Right now I am just giving her and her babies space so that Pansy will decide when the time is right to wean them. Of course, if it keeps up for another couple of weeks, I will have to step in and get them to eat more wet food and dry food. You really couldn't find a better mother than Pansy. Her babies know she loves them. She is bonded to them, plays with them and loves on them all day long. To view the video, just click on the YouTube link below. If you like the video, please "like" the video on our YouTube channel. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel to be notified immediately when we publish a new video. So far we have over 500 subscribers and counting. Enjoy.
YouTube Video Link
http://youtu.be/DgLSQBXQ5SY
Primrose's 10 Day Old Babies And Video
October 15, 2014
This afternoon, Primrose's babies turned 10 days old. It has been a very busy time since they were born. She and L'il Toy Drum had three Cream boys. One is a Cream and White Bi-Color Doll Face Persian, one is a Cream Extreme Face Persian and the other one is a Cream Point Doll Face Himalayan. They are all doing great and nursing on their own. For the first week of their lives, I had to hand fed the smallest Cream Persian every 3 to 4 hours round the clock. Both Persians may have been born premature. Since we were away on a camping trip when Primrose went in to heat, we were not sure when the babies were conceived. It is more than likely that the Himi was conceived several days before the Persians were. The Cream Persian started nursing on his own on Sunday. What a relief. I had been deficient of sleep for a week. I think I am still in recovery mode. That little boy started opening his eyes today and his is an absolute cutie. Of course, he already has my heart. It would purr has soon as he was on his mother's nipple. Both Persians remind me so much of Benjamin and Joseph from Primrose's first litter back in 2011. The first week, they snuggled together all the time. We expect some large eyes from these babies since Toy has huge round copper eyes and Primrose has good size eyes herself. Can't wait till they all have their eyes fully opened. Anyway they are all doing great, thought there is some fighting for nipples. I may supplement feed once a day just to help Primrose out. She has gotten very protective since they are all nursing on her. She really doesn't even want me picking them up and she actually hates the camera. That is typical Primrose fashion. We did produce a video this afternoon of the babies. It is loading as I write this. Hope you enjoy it. You can click the link below to be taken to it. If you like the video, please "Like" on our channel. If you would like to subscribe to our channel, you will be notified immediately when a video is published.
YouTube Video Link
http://youtu.be/SB85ptX-vgg
October 15, 2014
This afternoon, Primrose's babies turned 10 days old. It has been a very busy time since they were born. She and L'il Toy Drum had three Cream boys. One is a Cream and White Bi-Color Doll Face Persian, one is a Cream Extreme Face Persian and the other one is a Cream Point Doll Face Himalayan. They are all doing great and nursing on their own. For the first week of their lives, I had to hand fed the smallest Cream Persian every 3 to 4 hours round the clock. Both Persians may have been born premature. Since we were away on a camping trip when Primrose went in to heat, we were not sure when the babies were conceived. It is more than likely that the Himi was conceived several days before the Persians were. The Cream Persian started nursing on his own on Sunday. What a relief. I had been deficient of sleep for a week. I think I am still in recovery mode. That little boy started opening his eyes today and his is an absolute cutie. Of course, he already has my heart. It would purr has soon as he was on his mother's nipple. Both Persians remind me so much of Benjamin and Joseph from Primrose's first litter back in 2011. The first week, they snuggled together all the time. We expect some large eyes from these babies since Toy has huge round copper eyes and Primrose has good size eyes herself. Can't wait till they all have their eyes fully opened. Anyway they are all doing great, thought there is some fighting for nipples. I may supplement feed once a day just to help Primrose out. She has gotten very protective since they are all nursing on her. She really doesn't even want me picking them up and she actually hates the camera. That is typical Primrose fashion. We did produce a video this afternoon of the babies. It is loading as I write this. Hope you enjoy it. You can click the link below to be taken to it. If you like the video, please "Like" on our channel. If you would like to subscribe to our channel, you will be notified immediately when a video is published.
YouTube Video Link
http://youtu.be/SB85ptX-vgg
Victorian Chamber Pot Photo Shoot
Diamond's 5 1/2 Week Old Kittens
October 7, 2014
Diamond's kittens had their Victorian Chamber Pot Photo Shoot this past Sunday. These two kittens are characters and are so completely different in personality. It was very hard to take the photo shoot since they were literally tearing the props apart. LOL. Click on the picture above to be taken to Diamond's Nursery where the two Slide Shows of the Photo Shoot are. Enjoy.
Diamond's 5 1/2 Week Old Kittens
October 7, 2014
Diamond's kittens had their Victorian Chamber Pot Photo Shoot this past Sunday. These two kittens are characters and are so completely different in personality. It was very hard to take the photo shoot since they were literally tearing the props apart. LOL. Click on the picture above to be taken to Diamond's Nursery where the two Slide Shows of the Photo Shoot are. Enjoy.
Primrose's Newborns - Day 1
October 7, 2014
Primrose's newborns and I had a very busy schedule over the last 24 hours. Every 2 to 3 hours, I was hand feeding them Colostrum through a nipple syringe. For some reason, the litter did not want to nurse on Primrose even though she was loaded with Colostrum. When 6 p.m. came this evening, low and behold, two of the newborns had latched on to mommy's nipples and were nursing with gusto. I am still hand feeding the extreme face Cream Persian but figure within the next 12 hours, he will also be nursing on mom. Well mom is now a very happy mommy. Even though the babies were not nursing on her for their first day of life, Primrose was a champion mom, cleaning them and their butts and keeping them warm by cuddling with them. So we have looked over these little ones and have made the following determinations about the kittens. Of course, it is all subject to change as they mature. LOL. Oh by the way, the Cream Persians have the longest fur I have ever seen on a newborn. It was that long when they were born. I can't wait to see their coat develop.
Extreme Face Cream Persian (Sex will be determined later)
Doll Face Cream and White Persian (Sex will be determined later)
Doll Face Cream Point Himalayan Male
The Himi is a very large baby in size. Can't wait to see him develop. It is a pleasure to have the cream color back in at Victorian Gardens Cattery. I so love those creams.
We want to thank Neil and Angela Fenton, the Twin's mommy and daddy for the terrific kitty receiving blanket showed in the pictures above.
October 7, 2014
Primrose's newborns and I had a very busy schedule over the last 24 hours. Every 2 to 3 hours, I was hand feeding them Colostrum through a nipple syringe. For some reason, the litter did not want to nurse on Primrose even though she was loaded with Colostrum. When 6 p.m. came this evening, low and behold, two of the newborns had latched on to mommy's nipples and were nursing with gusto. I am still hand feeding the extreme face Cream Persian but figure within the next 12 hours, he will also be nursing on mom. Well mom is now a very happy mommy. Even though the babies were not nursing on her for their first day of life, Primrose was a champion mom, cleaning them and their butts and keeping them warm by cuddling with them. So we have looked over these little ones and have made the following determinations about the kittens. Of course, it is all subject to change as they mature. LOL. Oh by the way, the Cream Persians have the longest fur I have ever seen on a newborn. It was that long when they were born. I can't wait to see their coat develop.
Extreme Face Cream Persian (Sex will be determined later)
Doll Face Cream and White Persian (Sex will be determined later)
Doll Face Cream Point Himalayan Male
The Himi is a very large baby in size. Can't wait to see him develop. It is a pleasure to have the cream color back in at Victorian Gardens Cattery. I so love those creams.
We want to thank Neil and Angela Fenton, the Twin's mommy and daddy for the terrific kitty receiving blanket showed in the pictures above.
Primrose's Babies
October 6, 2014
Wow! What a day this has been. Primrose delivered her babies this afternoon. She had three babies. The sex of two are still undetermined. She had two small Persians and a good size Himalayan. The Himalayan definitely looks like a boy. The Persians are looking like Creams but I am not giving up hope that they might be lilac. Time will tell. I am pretty much betting the male Himalayan will be a Cream Point. According to charts, the mix of Toy and Primrose's coloring should make all males to be Cream. I am still working on getting them to latch on to mommies nipple. The Himi has nursed several times but I am hand feeding them Colostrum every couple of hours to ensure they do not loose weight. I will continue to do this all night long. Eventually they will learn to nurse from their mom. They all were born very active thanks to the Kitty Bloom Wate. So far, they have all gained weight which I love seeing. I will try for a photo or video tomorrow. Our Kitty Cam went crazy and is panning left and right all the time so it will not be available for the litters that are on the ground. We are hoping the company will send a new one as soon as possible so we can be up and running again for our Priority Wait List. Thank to my families for your emails today. You are the best and, I and my Cattery are blessed by you.
Due to this blessed event of the arrival of Primrose's babies, I did not have the time to post Diamond's kittens Chamber Pot Photo Shoot from yesterday. I will try to get it posted on Tuesday sometime.
October 6, 2014
Wow! What a day this has been. Primrose delivered her babies this afternoon. She had three babies. The sex of two are still undetermined. She had two small Persians and a good size Himalayan. The Himalayan definitely looks like a boy. The Persians are looking like Creams but I am not giving up hope that they might be lilac. Time will tell. I am pretty much betting the male Himalayan will be a Cream Point. According to charts, the mix of Toy and Primrose's coloring should make all males to be Cream. I am still working on getting them to latch on to mommies nipple. The Himi has nursed several times but I am hand feeding them Colostrum every couple of hours to ensure they do not loose weight. I will continue to do this all night long. Eventually they will learn to nurse from their mom. They all were born very active thanks to the Kitty Bloom Wate. So far, they have all gained weight which I love seeing. I will try for a photo or video tomorrow. Our Kitty Cam went crazy and is panning left and right all the time so it will not be available for the litters that are on the ground. We are hoping the company will send a new one as soon as possible so we can be up and running again for our Priority Wait List. Thank to my families for your emails today. You are the best and, I and my Cattery are blessed by you.
Due to this blessed event of the arrival of Primrose's babies, I did not have the time to post Diamond's kittens Chamber Pot Photo Shoot from yesterday. I will try to get it posted on Tuesday sometime.
Pansy's Babies 2 1/2 Week Old Photo Shoot
October 5, 2014
We have three Slide shows available of Pansy and Willie's 19 day old kittens available in Pansy's Nursery. Her babies are so sweet and precious. I hope you enjoy the slide shows.
We also did Diamond's Kittens Chamber Pot Photo Shoot today and will post those pictures tomorrow in Diamond's Nursery.
October 5, 2014
We have three Slide shows available of Pansy and Willie's 19 day old kittens available in Pansy's Nursery. Her babies are so sweet and precious. I hope you enjoy the slide shows.
We also did Diamond's Kittens Chamber Pot Photo Shoot today and will post those pictures tomorrow in Diamond's Nursery.
Diamond's Kitten's Five Week Old Birthday Video
October 1, 2014
Tomorrow, October 2, 2014, Diamond and Little Miracle's kittens turn five weeks old. Time has really flown by. They are starting to litter box train as well as wean on to wet food. You can watch them play in our newest video taken today of them in their new Toddler Room. They were moved to the Toddler Room yesterday morning and are still adjusting to their larger environment, toys and litter boxes. I think Diamond's Black Persian boy steals the show in this video. He is absolutely adorable. The kittens have different personalities and you can probably tell that in the video. You can go directly to the video via the link below. We are uploading it as I write this. It should be available for viewing about 6:30 p.m. EST. Enjoy.
Diamond's Five Week Old Kitten Video
http://youtu.be/rNAjvP0SCuQ
October 1, 2014
Tomorrow, October 2, 2014, Diamond and Little Miracle's kittens turn five weeks old. Time has really flown by. They are starting to litter box train as well as wean on to wet food. You can watch them play in our newest video taken today of them in their new Toddler Room. They were moved to the Toddler Room yesterday morning and are still adjusting to their larger environment, toys and litter boxes. I think Diamond's Black Persian boy steals the show in this video. He is absolutely adorable. The kittens have different personalities and you can probably tell that in the video. You can go directly to the video via the link below. We are uploading it as I write this. It should be available for viewing about 6:30 p.m. EST. Enjoy.
Diamond's Five Week Old Kitten Video
http://youtu.be/rNAjvP0SCuQ
Pansy's Babies Two Week Birthday Video
September 30, 2014
Today Pansy and Willie's babies turned two weeks old. This litter is absolutely precious. They are sweet and as cute as you can get. Today they were moved in to the larger Cattery Nursery that Diamond and her babies had been in for the last 4 weeks. We disinfected everything before bringing Pansy and her babies in the Nursery. They will have more space to learn to walk and Pansy will have more room to nurse her babies on the floor. We took a video this evening of Pansy and her babies.
We are uploading the video as we write this. It should be ready to view after midnight. I hope you enjoy this gorgeous litter. They melt me. You can view the video by clicking on the link below. You can subscribe to our YouTube channel to be immediately notified when we publish a new video. If you like the video, please press the "Like" button on Youtube.
We also took a video of Diamond's babies in the Toddler Room tonight. Since we can only upload one video at a time, we will load the video of Diamond's babies on Wednesday. We may get a new video of them tomorrow in better light. They were moved to the Toddler Room this morning and are still getting acclimated with their new larger and brighter surroundings. So stay tuned for their latest video. They turn 5 weeks old on Thursday.
Pansy's Babies Video
http://youtu.be/IzEaopHRdrY
September 30, 2014
Today Pansy and Willie's babies turned two weeks old. This litter is absolutely precious. They are sweet and as cute as you can get. Today they were moved in to the larger Cattery Nursery that Diamond and her babies had been in for the last 4 weeks. We disinfected everything before bringing Pansy and her babies in the Nursery. They will have more space to learn to walk and Pansy will have more room to nurse her babies on the floor. We took a video this evening of Pansy and her babies.
We are uploading the video as we write this. It should be ready to view after midnight. I hope you enjoy this gorgeous litter. They melt me. You can view the video by clicking on the link below. You can subscribe to our YouTube channel to be immediately notified when we publish a new video. If you like the video, please press the "Like" button on Youtube.
We also took a video of Diamond's babies in the Toddler Room tonight. Since we can only upload one video at a time, we will load the video of Diamond's babies on Wednesday. We may get a new video of them tomorrow in better light. They were moved to the Toddler Room this morning and are still getting acclimated with their new larger and brighter surroundings. So stay tuned for their latest video. They turn 5 weeks old on Thursday.
Pansy's Babies Video
http://youtu.be/IzEaopHRdrY
Cattery Updates
September 28, 2014
Time just never seems to slow down much around here. Maybe it is similar for you. I can't believe it is probably within a week of Primrose's delivery. We have been working hard at disinfecting the Cattery rooms and moving some of the girls to new rooms. Last week, Holly and Petunia graduated from the Toddler Room where they had been staying since their siblings left. They are now in the Pregnancy Room with Rose, Hydrangea and Buttercup. They are all getting along great. In fact, Ms. Buttercup usually does not take to kittens but for some reason, Holly and Buttercup have become close friends to the point of sleeping together on the rocking chair. It was so cute to watch the first time it happened. The Pregnancy Room is quite large and there is plenty of toys to toss around the room.
We will finish disinfecting the Toddler Room tomorrow and hopefully move Diamond and her two babies down to that room. Diamond's babies are now running around, playing and yes, eating wet food without any problems. I even saw a urine sample in the kitten litter box this morning. I think they will really enjoy the Toddler Room with all the windows of light. We will have fences up till we feel they are totally potty trained. We have yet to see them nibble at the Young Again Little Bites that are down for them. Diamond's babies are now 4 1/2 weeks old or on Day 31. Their weight is on par with Diamond and Willie's last litter. The boy is a sweet as ever. The girl is a character. You will have to see the next video to see if I can capture that. Hopefully once they are in the Toddler Room, I can get a good video on Tuesday of them playing. There may be a possibility that the girl may be up for adoption depending on what Primrose produces in her litter. The boy is looking like he is show quality.
Pansy's babies are absolutely precious. The Seals are just gorgeous. They do have different looks but the most sweet expressions. The little Tortie is really coming in to her own and is looking very nice! She is playing catch up on them with her weight. The boy is definitely going to be an extreme face and it is looking like the Tortie and Seal Point girl are going to be possibly borderline, meaning the top of their nosepad will be very near level with the bottom of their eyes. I can't wait to get a good video of them. They pretty much are sleeping and nursing since they are just on Day 12. The Seals are playing but it is by themselves, not together. Their eyes are all open. The Seal's weight is on par with what her litter of five kittens were at in 2013. The Seal boy is looking like he will be show quality. I so wish we could keep him for our Chocolate Program but we already have a lot of Sires at this point and he is related to our girls line and to Willie. We will try for a video once they are in the larger Nursery which hopefully will be Monday or Tuesday.
We are so excited to see what Primrose is going to produce. We moved her in to my bedroom at the end of last week in anticipation of her babies delivery. We are not sure of her due date since we never heard her scream during mating. We are anticipating Saturday as a due date but it really could be before or after that date. She is also keeping us guessing on how many kittens she has. Her sides are now more even and we are thinking that she has 3 to 4 kittens. Her weight is on par with the litter of 4 large babies back in 2013. If she has girls, they will either be blue cream and/or lilac cream. If she has boys, they will be cream. We are anxious to see what Toy's babies will look like since this is his first litter with us. He has a more extreme face than Willie so I am thinking some of the babies faces maybe more extreme faced I than what Primrose normally produces. It has been a hard year with Toy not wanting to bred. I just hope they are born all healthy and safe. Primrose started on the Wate on Friday so her babies movements are picking up. We stopped her Kitty Bloom VM-900 vitamins weeks ago when we were worried they may be causing problems in the Cattery. Primrose herself is very calm. Pregnancy is old hat for her. She is always a wonderful and very protective mother. We are so excited about this litter.
September 28, 2014
Time just never seems to slow down much around here. Maybe it is similar for you. I can't believe it is probably within a week of Primrose's delivery. We have been working hard at disinfecting the Cattery rooms and moving some of the girls to new rooms. Last week, Holly and Petunia graduated from the Toddler Room where they had been staying since their siblings left. They are now in the Pregnancy Room with Rose, Hydrangea and Buttercup. They are all getting along great. In fact, Ms. Buttercup usually does not take to kittens but for some reason, Holly and Buttercup have become close friends to the point of sleeping together on the rocking chair. It was so cute to watch the first time it happened. The Pregnancy Room is quite large and there is plenty of toys to toss around the room.
We will finish disinfecting the Toddler Room tomorrow and hopefully move Diamond and her two babies down to that room. Diamond's babies are now running around, playing and yes, eating wet food without any problems. I even saw a urine sample in the kitten litter box this morning. I think they will really enjoy the Toddler Room with all the windows of light. We will have fences up till we feel they are totally potty trained. We have yet to see them nibble at the Young Again Little Bites that are down for them. Diamond's babies are now 4 1/2 weeks old or on Day 31. Their weight is on par with Diamond and Willie's last litter. The boy is a sweet as ever. The girl is a character. You will have to see the next video to see if I can capture that. Hopefully once they are in the Toddler Room, I can get a good video on Tuesday of them playing. There may be a possibility that the girl may be up for adoption depending on what Primrose produces in her litter. The boy is looking like he is show quality.
Pansy's babies are absolutely precious. The Seals are just gorgeous. They do have different looks but the most sweet expressions. The little Tortie is really coming in to her own and is looking very nice! She is playing catch up on them with her weight. The boy is definitely going to be an extreme face and it is looking like the Tortie and Seal Point girl are going to be possibly borderline, meaning the top of their nosepad will be very near level with the bottom of their eyes. I can't wait to get a good video of them. They pretty much are sleeping and nursing since they are just on Day 12. The Seals are playing but it is by themselves, not together. Their eyes are all open. The Seal's weight is on par with what her litter of five kittens were at in 2013. The Seal boy is looking like he will be show quality. I so wish we could keep him for our Chocolate Program but we already have a lot of Sires at this point and he is related to our girls line and to Willie. We will try for a video once they are in the larger Nursery which hopefully will be Monday or Tuesday.
We are so excited to see what Primrose is going to produce. We moved her in to my bedroom at the end of last week in anticipation of her babies delivery. We are not sure of her due date since we never heard her scream during mating. We are anticipating Saturday as a due date but it really could be before or after that date. She is also keeping us guessing on how many kittens she has. Her sides are now more even and we are thinking that she has 3 to 4 kittens. Her weight is on par with the litter of 4 large babies back in 2013. If she has girls, they will either be blue cream and/or lilac cream. If she has boys, they will be cream. We are anxious to see what Toy's babies will look like since this is his first litter with us. He has a more extreme face than Willie so I am thinking some of the babies faces maybe more extreme faced I than what Primrose normally produces. It has been a hard year with Toy not wanting to bred. I just hope they are born all healthy and safe. Primrose started on the Wate on Friday so her babies movements are picking up. We stopped her Kitty Bloom VM-900 vitamins weeks ago when we were worried they may be causing problems in the Cattery. Primrose herself is very calm. Pregnancy is old hat for her. She is always a wonderful and very protective mother. We are so excited about this litter.
Diamond and Miracle's 3 week old Black and White Bi-Color Persian.
Diamond's Babies Three Week Birthday Photo Shoot
September 18, 2014
Diamond's babies turned 3 weeks old today. To celebrate, they had their first Photo Shoot. They did really well. Both of them could not wait to get out of the enlarged tea cup. You can enjoy their first photo shoot by going to Diamond and Miracle's Litter Born August 27, 2014. Enjoy.
September 18, 2014
Diamond's babies turned 3 weeks old today. To celebrate, they had their first Photo Shoot. They did really well. Both of them could not wait to get out of the enlarged tea cup. You can enjoy their first photo shoot by going to Diamond and Miracle's Litter Born August 27, 2014. Enjoy.
Diamond's Kittens 3 Week Birthday
September 17, 2014
Diamond and Little Miracle's kittens will turn 3 weeks old tomorrow. How time has flown. These two kittens, a Black Persian and a Black and White Bi-color weight more than any of her kittens from her last litter. The little boy is a doll. He is laid back and quiet. I love his little cute ears and his innocent expression. His sister is a character. She is always out and about ... looking around ... always curious. They play very gently with each other. Tomorrow we will start on litter box training with the dreaded Feline Pine that goes everywhere. Then sometime within a week, we will see if they will eat wet food. These both are extreme faced kittens and show quality. The girl is our first Bi-color born at our Cattery. She is stunning and we are seriously considering keeping her at our Cattery as a future breeder and to show. I just love her big head! Her brother has even smaller ears than she has. It is something we have been trying to get at our Cattery ... smaller ears and bigger heads. We produced a video this evening of them. Take a look and get up a close and personal with these two beauties. Just click on the link below to be taken right to the YouTube page. We will be posting their three week birthday photo shoot tomorrow on Our Cattery Blog.
http://youtu.be/GJluBmgisMw
September 17, 2014
Diamond and Little Miracle's kittens will turn 3 weeks old tomorrow. How time has flown. These two kittens, a Black Persian and a Black and White Bi-color weight more than any of her kittens from her last litter. The little boy is a doll. He is laid back and quiet. I love his little cute ears and his innocent expression. His sister is a character. She is always out and about ... looking around ... always curious. They play very gently with each other. Tomorrow we will start on litter box training with the dreaded Feline Pine that goes everywhere. Then sometime within a week, we will see if they will eat wet food. These both are extreme faced kittens and show quality. The girl is our first Bi-color born at our Cattery. She is stunning and we are seriously considering keeping her at our Cattery as a future breeder and to show. I just love her big head! Her brother has even smaller ears than she has. It is something we have been trying to get at our Cattery ... smaller ears and bigger heads. We produced a video this evening of them. Take a look and get up a close and personal with these two beauties. Just click on the link below to be taken right to the YouTube page. We will be posting their three week birthday photo shoot tomorrow on Our Cattery Blog.
http://youtu.be/GJluBmgisMw
Pansy's Babies
September 16, 2014
This evening Pansy delivered her three babies through natural delivery. The babies ranged in sizes from small to large. I went and fed them with Colostrum while we waited between births. We are keeping an eye on the smallest one to make sure she doesn't get pushed off the nipple by the larger two. They all took to my feeding them the Colostrum and now they are taking to Pansy's nipples.
The first born was a small Tortoiseshell girl. She came in to this world with a lot of spunk. Actually, they all did. Thanks to the Kitty Bloom Wate. None came with their sacks on. The second born was a large Seal Point boy. The third born is a medium size, either Seal Point , Tortie Point or Flame Point. I am not sure of the sex at this point. It looks like a girl but only time will tell. My guess is it is a Seal Point. I should be able to tell within the next week if it is a Seal because it will start to show the color early. I will call the baby a girl for now but leave the option to change it to a boy later on. LOL.
Of course it is too early to predict if they will be doll faced or extreme faced.
I will make the web cam of the babies available tonight to my Adoptive Parents as well as the Priority Wait List. Since the camera has night vision you will be able to view the camera throughout the night and up to 10 a.m. tomorrow morning when I start my Cattery chores. Just remember it takes a good three days for these babies to plump out. Right when they are born, they look like little baby birds without feathers. Pansy always eats only wet food during pregnancy but this time we tried to get her to eat dry food and only gave her wet food twice a day with her vitamins. If I had fed her all wet food, the largest baby would have probably made a C-Section required. The second baby was 94 grams about the same as her largest babies in her previous litters.
We were not able to find the time to get pictures of Diamond's babies the past couple of days but will work hard at getting the photos and video tomorrow. Yesterday I removed their birthing cage and now they are free to move around the Nursery. They are up and walking. We will work on litter training next week and start to see if they will eat wet food also. So please stay tuned for the pictures and video. Below is a picture taken last week of Diamond's Bicolor girl. She really is precious.
September 16, 2014
This evening Pansy delivered her three babies through natural delivery. The babies ranged in sizes from small to large. I went and fed them with Colostrum while we waited between births. We are keeping an eye on the smallest one to make sure she doesn't get pushed off the nipple by the larger two. They all took to my feeding them the Colostrum and now they are taking to Pansy's nipples.
The first born was a small Tortoiseshell girl. She came in to this world with a lot of spunk. Actually, they all did. Thanks to the Kitty Bloom Wate. None came with their sacks on. The second born was a large Seal Point boy. The third born is a medium size, either Seal Point , Tortie Point or Flame Point. I am not sure of the sex at this point. It looks like a girl but only time will tell. My guess is it is a Seal Point. I should be able to tell within the next week if it is a Seal because it will start to show the color early. I will call the baby a girl for now but leave the option to change it to a boy later on. LOL.
Of course it is too early to predict if they will be doll faced or extreme faced.
I will make the web cam of the babies available tonight to my Adoptive Parents as well as the Priority Wait List. Since the camera has night vision you will be able to view the camera throughout the night and up to 10 a.m. tomorrow morning when I start my Cattery chores. Just remember it takes a good three days for these babies to plump out. Right when they are born, they look like little baby birds without feathers. Pansy always eats only wet food during pregnancy but this time we tried to get her to eat dry food and only gave her wet food twice a day with her vitamins. If I had fed her all wet food, the largest baby would have probably made a C-Section required. The second baby was 94 grams about the same as her largest babies in her previous litters.
We were not able to find the time to get pictures of Diamond's babies the past couple of days but will work hard at getting the photos and video tomorrow. Yesterday I removed their birthing cage and now they are free to move around the Nursery. They are up and walking. We will work on litter training next week and start to see if they will eat wet food also. So please stay tuned for the pictures and video. Below is a picture taken last week of Diamond's Bicolor girl. She really is precious.
Cattery Updates
September 13, 2014
Diamond, her babies and I, just got back late Wednesday night from a 6 day RV camping trip. Her babies are doing great and growing so fast. Her look alike girl is walking already. Today they are 15 days old. Both babies had their eyes opened during the camping trip. We stopped the Kitty Cam while we were away and will now need it to monitor Pansy with it since she is due to deliver in the next couple of days. Hopefully we can get some new pictures and a video of Diamond's babies in the next few days before Pansy's babies are born.
On Friday, L'il Toy Drum, Primrose and Pansy all went down to The Sound Cat in Wilmington, North Carolina. Pansy was up first to get an X-ray of her babies. She does have three babies, not two, and should not have any problems delivering them. She is on Day 62 of her pregnancy. Her girth is 31.5 and one of her babies head size was 25. All three babies had their head facing the right direction. I am expecting her babies to be delivered either Monday or Tuesday. Dr. Williams looked at her hips on X-ray and said they were perfect.
Primrose's X-ray was done on Day 41 of her pregnancy. She may not even be at Day 41 of her pregnancy but may be at an earlier time. I usually count from the third day of heat and the first day of mating. So having an X-ray on Day 41 is very early since the bones of the babies usually do not show up on X-ray till after Day 45. Dr. Williams saw one calcification so we know that she does have one baby. She could surprise us with more but remember she was mated to Toy who is very reluctant to mate. Primrose's hips were also perfect on X-ray.
Now on to L'il Toy Drum, our newest Sire from Stepp'nstone Cattery in Canada. He was taken down to have his hips and knees X-rayed to make sure that he does not have any hip or knee problems. As an aside, Toy's pedigree makes up half of Diamond's pedigree. Toy's hips were perfect and his extensive blood work all came back normal. He had already been HCM scanned back in February at the age of four and found negative for HCM at that time. When we got Toy back in February from the Canadian breeder, you could not pick him up because he would go crazy. Dr. Williams said back in February that it was caused by him not being picked up and touched as a baby. I had at the time thought it was because he might have been dropped as a baby. Toy loves to be petted and can't get enough of it but when you go to pick him up, he becomes unglued. He really is a sweet boy, just very anxious. Dr. Williams spent time with Toy yesterday and determined he was suffering from severe anxiety. This was apparent when it took three staff members to hold him still during the X-ray. It is why he has not been interested in mating to my girls and is so timid around them. This is not a genetic problem but one caused by not having positive human imprinting as a baby. Basically, he was not touched and held as a baby. We are hoping that the anxiety medicine will help him feel more secure and less anxious and make him a better breeder. I already am seeing a big boost in his confidence in just the small time he has been on the medication. I even was able to pick him up to put him on the floor from the couch without him coming unglued. It is a relief to know that he is a healthy boy and with this medication he may be able to beat the anxiety that has been with him all his life. We think he will make very sweet babies. Thank you Dr. Williams for coming to the rescue.
Rose was in heat when we returned from our camping trip but I don't know quite when she started her heat. She is in with Toy and hopefully it is not too late for him to be interested in her. We will just have to wait and see. If not this time, we will bring them together during her next heat cycle.
Stay tuned for the latest pictures of Diamond's 15 day old babies and a video of them.
September 13, 2014
Diamond, her babies and I, just got back late Wednesday night from a 6 day RV camping trip. Her babies are doing great and growing so fast. Her look alike girl is walking already. Today they are 15 days old. Both babies had their eyes opened during the camping trip. We stopped the Kitty Cam while we were away and will now need it to monitor Pansy with it since she is due to deliver in the next couple of days. Hopefully we can get some new pictures and a video of Diamond's babies in the next few days before Pansy's babies are born.
On Friday, L'il Toy Drum, Primrose and Pansy all went down to The Sound Cat in Wilmington, North Carolina. Pansy was up first to get an X-ray of her babies. She does have three babies, not two, and should not have any problems delivering them. She is on Day 62 of her pregnancy. Her girth is 31.5 and one of her babies head size was 25. All three babies had their head facing the right direction. I am expecting her babies to be delivered either Monday or Tuesday. Dr. Williams looked at her hips on X-ray and said they were perfect.
Primrose's X-ray was done on Day 41 of her pregnancy. She may not even be at Day 41 of her pregnancy but may be at an earlier time. I usually count from the third day of heat and the first day of mating. So having an X-ray on Day 41 is very early since the bones of the babies usually do not show up on X-ray till after Day 45. Dr. Williams saw one calcification so we know that she does have one baby. She could surprise us with more but remember she was mated to Toy who is very reluctant to mate. Primrose's hips were also perfect on X-ray.
Now on to L'il Toy Drum, our newest Sire from Stepp'nstone Cattery in Canada. He was taken down to have his hips and knees X-rayed to make sure that he does not have any hip or knee problems. As an aside, Toy's pedigree makes up half of Diamond's pedigree. Toy's hips were perfect and his extensive blood work all came back normal. He had already been HCM scanned back in February at the age of four and found negative for HCM at that time. When we got Toy back in February from the Canadian breeder, you could not pick him up because he would go crazy. Dr. Williams said back in February that it was caused by him not being picked up and touched as a baby. I had at the time thought it was because he might have been dropped as a baby. Toy loves to be petted and can't get enough of it but when you go to pick him up, he becomes unglued. He really is a sweet boy, just very anxious. Dr. Williams spent time with Toy yesterday and determined he was suffering from severe anxiety. This was apparent when it took three staff members to hold him still during the X-ray. It is why he has not been interested in mating to my girls and is so timid around them. This is not a genetic problem but one caused by not having positive human imprinting as a baby. Basically, he was not touched and held as a baby. We are hoping that the anxiety medicine will help him feel more secure and less anxious and make him a better breeder. I already am seeing a big boost in his confidence in just the small time he has been on the medication. I even was able to pick him up to put him on the floor from the couch without him coming unglued. It is a relief to know that he is a healthy boy and with this medication he may be able to beat the anxiety that has been with him all his life. We think he will make very sweet babies. Thank you Dr. Williams for coming to the rescue.
Rose was in heat when we returned from our camping trip but I don't know quite when she started her heat. She is in with Toy and hopefully it is not too late for him to be interested in her. We will just have to wait and see. If not this time, we will bring them together during her next heat cycle.
Stay tuned for the latest pictures of Diamond's 15 day old babies and a video of them.
Cattery Updates
September 2, 2014
We hope everyone had a relaxing Labor Day. It was busy at the Cattery. Diamond's babies are now 6 days old. They are growing so fast. They are so chubby and gaining weight like crazy. We took a video of them yesterday and posted it on YouTube last night. The link is at the bottom of today's blog. You can subscribe to our YouTube channel in order to know automatically when we publish a new video. Today we have our Kitty Cam up and running for our Adoptive Parents and Priority Wait List to view these kittens and their mother, Diamond on live camera. The camera will not be available all the time but should be available when we are not in the room. We hope to set up cameras down the road for all our Nurseries. What better way to get to know the kittens. We are hoping down the road to set up a Kitty Cam on our website so everyone can enjoy our kittens live in their nurseries.
Pansy's middle is growing larger each day as well as her weight. It is less than 2 weeks and she will be having her babies. I am expecting two to three babies. During her ultrasound at The Sound Cat several weeks ago, Dr. Williams thought she saw three kittens but was unsure so she said there was for sure two kittens. Pansy and Willie usually have Seal Point Himalayans as well as Black Persians.
Primrose is very pregnant. We are unsure of her baby count. Her middle is growing nicely. She started off this pregnant will weighting a pound heavier than she usually is. So it will be hard to guess at how many she is carrying. Her babies are due around October 4th. We are planning on taking her to The Sound Cat the week prior for an ultrasound to make sure all the babies can pass through the birth canal. I am excited to see what she will produce with our new sire L'il Toy Drum.
Rose is acting like she is going in to heat. She and Hydrangea have become quite cozy as of late. I caught them together loving on each other in a pink cube. LOL Oh those hormones.
Here is a link to the YouTube video:
http://youtu.be/lEldx9TZRlI
September 2, 2014
We hope everyone had a relaxing Labor Day. It was busy at the Cattery. Diamond's babies are now 6 days old. They are growing so fast. They are so chubby and gaining weight like crazy. We took a video of them yesterday and posted it on YouTube last night. The link is at the bottom of today's blog. You can subscribe to our YouTube channel in order to know automatically when we publish a new video. Today we have our Kitty Cam up and running for our Adoptive Parents and Priority Wait List to view these kittens and their mother, Diamond on live camera. The camera will not be available all the time but should be available when we are not in the room. We hope to set up cameras down the road for all our Nurseries. What better way to get to know the kittens. We are hoping down the road to set up a Kitty Cam on our website so everyone can enjoy our kittens live in their nurseries.
Pansy's middle is growing larger each day as well as her weight. It is less than 2 weeks and she will be having her babies. I am expecting two to three babies. During her ultrasound at The Sound Cat several weeks ago, Dr. Williams thought she saw three kittens but was unsure so she said there was for sure two kittens. Pansy and Willie usually have Seal Point Himalayans as well as Black Persians.
Primrose is very pregnant. We are unsure of her baby count. Her middle is growing nicely. She started off this pregnant will weighting a pound heavier than she usually is. So it will be hard to guess at how many she is carrying. Her babies are due around October 4th. We are planning on taking her to The Sound Cat the week prior for an ultrasound to make sure all the babies can pass through the birth canal. I am excited to see what she will produce with our new sire L'il Toy Drum.
Rose is acting like she is going in to heat. She and Hydrangea have become quite cozy as of late. I caught them together loving on each other in a pink cube. LOL Oh those hormones.
Here is a link to the YouTube video:
http://youtu.be/lEldx9TZRlI
Diamond and Little Miracle's Babies
August 28, 2014
I just wanted to give a quick update on Diamond's babies before I crash into bed this evening. It has been an exhausting day. I want to thank everyone for their emails and prayers.
At 8:15 a.m. this morning, Diamond finally went into labor. One hour later she delivered a mini Diamond at 97 grams. This baby looks so much like her mommy. The black and white coloring is almost in exactly the same spots except where Diamonds white stops right before the nose, this little girls white goes up in a perfect triangle. She also has a white spot half way down her back. I can not tell you how many times today we had to put her back in the incubator. She keep wanting to crawl out. She just wanted her mommy and her mommy's milk. We were able to quiet her with our warm palm circling her. She seems to want the warm and feel of something living next to her. She is going to be a go getter for sure. She latched on to the nipple like there was no tomorrow.
Well after the mini Diamond was born, Diamond stopped contracting. We were worried since the next baby we predicted was next would be huge. So for hours nothing happening. Then at 11:10 a.m. I gave her an Oxytocin shot to help her with contracting. That was a mistake. She contracted for a good hour with no baby to come. So I was very worried. I called The Sound Cat and told them I was bringing her in for a C-Section. They told me that since I had given her the shot, I needed to find a local Vet. Well I called my local Vet who was 50 minutes away to ask if he would do the emergency C-Section only to find out that he retired last week without any notice to his clients. A Vet had bought his practice so with a lot to trepidation, I went to this Vet. I still remember the horrors of Peony's C-Section at the hands of a bad Vet.
We just got back from the Vet. Poor Vet. We backlogged her Wait Room for hours. Diamond is resting after a day that I am sure she never wants repeated. Poor girl. She really went through a lot until she had that C-Section. The staff was kind enough to bring to me the baby that was stuck in the birth canal. It was the huge baby. It did not make it. They could not get it breathing. It had been in the birth canal for too long. It was our first solid Chocolate Persian. It had a cleft palate with mouth/facial deformities and would have had to be put sleep. It was my first time at ever seeing a cleft palate and facial and mouth deformities. It was very sad. We brought it home in a box and buried it in the backyard. The Cattery has never had a cleft palate or mouth/facial deformities in all the years of breeding and litters at the Cattery, so I feel it may have come genetically from Diamond's Stepp'nstone line which is new to us or caused by the supplements she had during pregnancy. There is really no way of telling so this breeding between Miracle and Diamond will not be repeated. In addition, if she is bred again to another sire, she will not have supplements during pregnancy.
We waited a bit more and then they brought the last kitten to us. It was a Black Persian who was groggy from the anesthetic but was perfectly healthy. I was impressed with the Vet technicians who were rubbing the baby down. When babies are under their mother's anesthetic, it does take them some time to wake up and nurse. When we got home we hand fed the baby some Colostrum. The baby downed 4 syringes of it and then nestled next to his sister to sleep. He or she is 104 grams when we got him/her home. Ok, I am calling it a him but I think it is a girl. I still need more time to tell. You know ... the Saffron story. LOL
Anyway, mom is sleeping with both babies now nursing on her. All is quiet just like we like it.
I want to say a special thank you to Tommy, my ex-husband, for his support throughout the day. He drove us all to the Vet, which allowed me to sit in back and calm Diamond and keep her baby from falling out of the incubation, which the later was no easy task. On the drive back, he sat in the back and did what he is better at than I am ... getting newborns to nurse. As for now, I am signing off and ready to get some well deserved rest.
August 28, 2014
I just wanted to give a quick update on Diamond's babies before I crash into bed this evening. It has been an exhausting day. I want to thank everyone for their emails and prayers.
At 8:15 a.m. this morning, Diamond finally went into labor. One hour later she delivered a mini Diamond at 97 grams. This baby looks so much like her mommy. The black and white coloring is almost in exactly the same spots except where Diamonds white stops right before the nose, this little girls white goes up in a perfect triangle. She also has a white spot half way down her back. I can not tell you how many times today we had to put her back in the incubator. She keep wanting to crawl out. She just wanted her mommy and her mommy's milk. We were able to quiet her with our warm palm circling her. She seems to want the warm and feel of something living next to her. She is going to be a go getter for sure. She latched on to the nipple like there was no tomorrow.
Well after the mini Diamond was born, Diamond stopped contracting. We were worried since the next baby we predicted was next would be huge. So for hours nothing happening. Then at 11:10 a.m. I gave her an Oxytocin shot to help her with contracting. That was a mistake. She contracted for a good hour with no baby to come. So I was very worried. I called The Sound Cat and told them I was bringing her in for a C-Section. They told me that since I had given her the shot, I needed to find a local Vet. Well I called my local Vet who was 50 minutes away to ask if he would do the emergency C-Section only to find out that he retired last week without any notice to his clients. A Vet had bought his practice so with a lot to trepidation, I went to this Vet. I still remember the horrors of Peony's C-Section at the hands of a bad Vet.
We just got back from the Vet. Poor Vet. We backlogged her Wait Room for hours. Diamond is resting after a day that I am sure she never wants repeated. Poor girl. She really went through a lot until she had that C-Section. The staff was kind enough to bring to me the baby that was stuck in the birth canal. It was the huge baby. It did not make it. They could not get it breathing. It had been in the birth canal for too long. It was our first solid Chocolate Persian. It had a cleft palate with mouth/facial deformities and would have had to be put sleep. It was my first time at ever seeing a cleft palate and facial and mouth deformities. It was very sad. We brought it home in a box and buried it in the backyard. The Cattery has never had a cleft palate or mouth/facial deformities in all the years of breeding and litters at the Cattery, so I feel it may have come genetically from Diamond's Stepp'nstone line which is new to us or caused by the supplements she had during pregnancy. There is really no way of telling so this breeding between Miracle and Diamond will not be repeated. In addition, if she is bred again to another sire, she will not have supplements during pregnancy.
We waited a bit more and then they brought the last kitten to us. It was a Black Persian who was groggy from the anesthetic but was perfectly healthy. I was impressed with the Vet technicians who were rubbing the baby down. When babies are under their mother's anesthetic, it does take them some time to wake up and nurse. When we got home we hand fed the baby some Colostrum. The baby downed 4 syringes of it and then nestled next to his sister to sleep. He or she is 104 grams when we got him/her home. Ok, I am calling it a him but I think it is a girl. I still need more time to tell. You know ... the Saffron story. LOL
Anyway, mom is sleeping with both babies now nursing on her. All is quiet just like we like it.
I want to say a special thank you to Tommy, my ex-husband, for his support throughout the day. He drove us all to the Vet, which allowed me to sit in back and calm Diamond and keep her baby from falling out of the incubation, which the later was no easy task. On the drive back, he sat in the back and did what he is better at than I am ... getting newborns to nurse. As for now, I am signing off and ready to get some well deserved rest.
Cattery Updates
August 27, 2014
It is now 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening and Diamond is beside me as calm as can be. She hasn't given even the first indication that she is ready to go in to labor. She is huge and I am worried that one of the babies will be too big to get through the birth canal. The Sound Cat in Wilmington is on standby for a C-Section if it needs to be. Well, at this point, if she doesn't have her babies by Thursday evening, I will take her in for a C-Section on Friday morning. She has not gained weight the last week. I think her stomach is just so tight with babies around it that there is not a lot of room for food. I started back giving her the Kitty Bloom vitamins this past week since she was gaining weight. I wanted the babies to have good nutrition. She is also on the Kitty Bloom Wate for the last couple of days now. It prepares the babies for the birthing process and gives the mother more energy for the journey. We will blog when she delivers her babies. We installed a security camera in the room where she is at so we can monitor her when we are downstairs. It is a wonderful tool. We only wish we had one in ever Cattery Room. So far we have caught Pansy stealing Diamond's food and Peony on top of the dresser. LOL They know the camera is watching them. You can even speak into your laptop downstairs and they can hear you talk to them in their room. The Twin's parents, Angela and Neil gave me the idea. So I have them to thank. They have two installed in their house so they can watch the girls during the day while they are at work. Those girls have figured it out also. They are smart! Stay tuned for the latest on Diamond and Miracle's babies.
August 27, 2014
It is now 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening and Diamond is beside me as calm as can be. She hasn't given even the first indication that she is ready to go in to labor. She is huge and I am worried that one of the babies will be too big to get through the birth canal. The Sound Cat in Wilmington is on standby for a C-Section if it needs to be. Well, at this point, if she doesn't have her babies by Thursday evening, I will take her in for a C-Section on Friday morning. She has not gained weight the last week. I think her stomach is just so tight with babies around it that there is not a lot of room for food. I started back giving her the Kitty Bloom vitamins this past week since she was gaining weight. I wanted the babies to have good nutrition. She is also on the Kitty Bloom Wate for the last couple of days now. It prepares the babies for the birthing process and gives the mother more energy for the journey. We will blog when she delivers her babies. We installed a security camera in the room where she is at so we can monitor her when we are downstairs. It is a wonderful tool. We only wish we had one in ever Cattery Room. So far we have caught Pansy stealing Diamond's food and Peony on top of the dresser. LOL They know the camera is watching them. You can even speak into your laptop downstairs and they can hear you talk to them in their room. The Twin's parents, Angela and Neil gave me the idea. So I have them to thank. They have two installed in their house so they can watch the girls during the day while they are at work. Those girls have figured it out also. They are smart! Stay tuned for the latest on Diamond and Miracle's babies.
4 Month Old Noah
THE STORY OF NOAH AND THE AMAZING PLATE
AUGUST 25, 2014
Noah is a 4 month old Black Persian Male from Diamond and Willie's first litter together this year. Carolyn, Noah's mother, has provided us with an amazing story about Noah and a very special plate. Previously, Carolyn has updated us on Noah and three year old Golden Shaded Persian as they try to blend the family together. Here is the recent update on how Noah and Cleo are adjusting to each other as well as the amazing plate story.
August 14, 2014: "Hi Susan, I have been very busy so I am finally writing to let you know about our significant progress with Noah & Cleo. As I previously told you, we were gradually - 15 minute intervals - introducing them to each other. At first, Cleo would just run away as Noah would run towards her. Then we went through the "hissing" phase - not an aggressive hiss, just a "this is my territory and you are intruding" hiss. This caused Noah to back off a bit and, guess what - Cleo got curious! We spent several evenings with no negative interactions, although I was still putting Noah in the sewing room when I left the house and overnight. Then, alas, Cleo started coming into Noah's room. Then, 2 days ago, I decided to let Noah free for the night. We woke up in the middle of the night with Noah sleeping between us and Cleo at the foot of the bed. SUCCESS!!!
I have left them alone together for the past 2 days when I went to the studio. They are not yet "best buddies" but they are getting along well and even playing together a bit.
Noah is doing great. He seems to grow visibly each day. He is a real sweetheart. As I said to Michael, I am totally in love!
I have one more story to share with you which will explain the enclosed photo. Many years ago, I would bring home platters (made by me and fired once - i.e., not yet glazed) to paint and decorate. Latte was quite fond of these platters, mostly because they were rough and he would roll around and scratch his whiskers, etc. So, I finally decided to give Latte his own plate. Latte's plate lived on the kitchen table and Latte spent many hours in that plate each day. After Latte passed, the plate moved into a corner of the kitchen and was filled with magazines. Well, a few days ago, Noah went to the plate and started scratching at it. Since he was always trying to jump on the kitchen table during dinner, I found the plate and put it on the corner of the table. WELL, Noah loves Latte's plate! It is one of his favorite places to snooze during the day. During dinner, he sits in the plate and watches us without trying to climb into our dinner plates. He is such a smart boy! Mike thinks the plate is magic. I think it has Latte's spirit.
I will keep you posted as Noah grows up. We love him!"
AUGUST 25, 2014
Noah is a 4 month old Black Persian Male from Diamond and Willie's first litter together this year. Carolyn, Noah's mother, has provided us with an amazing story about Noah and a very special plate. Previously, Carolyn has updated us on Noah and three year old Golden Shaded Persian as they try to blend the family together. Here is the recent update on how Noah and Cleo are adjusting to each other as well as the amazing plate story.
August 14, 2014: "Hi Susan, I have been very busy so I am finally writing to let you know about our significant progress with Noah & Cleo. As I previously told you, we were gradually - 15 minute intervals - introducing them to each other. At first, Cleo would just run away as Noah would run towards her. Then we went through the "hissing" phase - not an aggressive hiss, just a "this is my territory and you are intruding" hiss. This caused Noah to back off a bit and, guess what - Cleo got curious! We spent several evenings with no negative interactions, although I was still putting Noah in the sewing room when I left the house and overnight. Then, alas, Cleo started coming into Noah's room. Then, 2 days ago, I decided to let Noah free for the night. We woke up in the middle of the night with Noah sleeping between us and Cleo at the foot of the bed. SUCCESS!!!
I have left them alone together for the past 2 days when I went to the studio. They are not yet "best buddies" but they are getting along well and even playing together a bit.
Noah is doing great. He seems to grow visibly each day. He is a real sweetheart. As I said to Michael, I am totally in love!
I have one more story to share with you which will explain the enclosed photo. Many years ago, I would bring home platters (made by me and fired once - i.e., not yet glazed) to paint and decorate. Latte was quite fond of these platters, mostly because they were rough and he would roll around and scratch his whiskers, etc. So, I finally decided to give Latte his own plate. Latte's plate lived on the kitchen table and Latte spent many hours in that plate each day. After Latte passed, the plate moved into a corner of the kitchen and was filled with magazines. Well, a few days ago, Noah went to the plate and started scratching at it. Since he was always trying to jump on the kitchen table during dinner, I found the plate and put it on the corner of the table. WELL, Noah loves Latte's plate! It is one of his favorite places to snooze during the day. During dinner, he sits in the plate and watches us without trying to climb into our dinner plates. He is such a smart boy! Mike thinks the plate is magic. I think it has Latte's spirit.
I will keep you posted as Noah grows up. We love him!"
SAFFRON AND HIS BLANKIE
AUGUST 23, 2014
This is one of those stories at my Cattery that is both humorous and embarrassing to tell. Saffron, a 5 month old Black Persian kitten is Pansy and Willie's boy from their last litter this year. He was a singleton kitten. Yes, I did say "He" and that is how this story begins. I hope everyone sees the humor in this story just like Janessa and I did. Saffron left with his new mommy, Janessa, on June 16, 2014. Janessa is thrilled to death with Saffron. On July 23, 2014, Janessa wrote me with a question about Saffron and this is how it all started. I don't think Janessa would mind me sharing her email. I thought it was cute after the fact but shocking when I first read it:
July 23, 2014: "Hi Susan! I hope you are doing well. Diamonds kitties are so precious. They remind me so much of Saffy. I'm definitely starting to see that Willie personality in all of them just like Saffy. She loves to be with me all the time and I love that about her. I mean literally; she is where I am always. She's my buddy. So this may be odd but I am having a feeling that Saffy may actually be a "he." I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it with my own eyes but I swore I saw a little pink thing stick out when she was laying on her back last night. She has so much hair down there that I can't get a look to see if I see any scrotum. Haha. Have you ever heard of this happening. I'm absolutely in love with her either way and it will probably be hard to ever look at her as a boy (lol) but is it possible? I may just be going crazy with bar study or maybe girls have something similar that can stick out down there? Thanks, Janessa"
Well that all started the ball rolling with a Vet visit to see if Saffy was a girl or boy. Turns out she was really a boy. I am still trying to wrap my brain around the fact that Saffy is a boy. Mistakes can happy and that is what happened in this case. Janessa had put down on her application that she had wanted a boy but when it came time for picks, she had fallen in love with Saffy, a girl. So in the end, her dreams came true. What is so embarrassing is that I never caught it. I never questioned from birth that she was a girl. What is funny is that two different Vets had seen Saffy. Our Vet had seen her during the wellness exam and her Vet had seen her twice for her first exam and then for her 3rd set of shots. Not any of us professionals had caught that Saffy was a boy. Ok. so that makes me feel somewhat better that two Vets had not caught it either.
So you ask how Janessa actually feels about Saffy now that she knows that Saffy is a boy. I will let her tell you herself via the emails she has sent since our last Saffy update. Also don't forget to catch the very cute video she sent in on Saffron, and his Blankie. Yes, Pansy is still making those wonderful lap kittens. The link to the YouTube video is below:
July 30, 2014: "Hi Susan! I finished my test and got to come home to this sweet boy. This is his favorite position. He lays like this for hours!"
August 8, 2014: "I've been enjoying the pics of the kittens this month. It's so hard to pick from the hundreds I have but I have attached a few of my faves for kitty appreciation month. I especially love the tongue picture and the one of him on his back is how he lays almost all of the time when he isn't playing. The plastic drawer is one of his favorite spots. I just leave the bottom open for him. Saffy is a momma's boy. He cries when he is locked out of whatever room I am in. He is super smart and CHILL. Just very calm all around when it comes to the bath and general grooming. His charcoal colors are really showing. His favorite toy is still the wand but he seems to be able to turn almost anything into a little toy! Haha I do love him. Thanks for giving us to opportunity to share with everyone!"
August 9, 2014: "I love seeing all of the videos and photos of the kittens this month. I see so many similarities between them and Saffy. Saffy is also kneading dough and nursing. He uses a blanket I crocheted. He does it for several minutes and then takes a nap. He starts by digging his head in the blanket for a while and then he comes up with a piece of the blanket in his mouth and he just holds it in his mouth the whole time. It's it the cutest thing. I've attached a video. It's a little dark but I hope to get a better one during the day. He does it ALL the time.
I still can't believe how good he is at night. He sleeps with me the whole night. He gets up to go to eat or use the bathroom but he comes right back and just snuggles with me. He puuuurrrrssss constantly. He really is not very vocal but he will tell me when he wants something, esp. if I'm hanging in the kitchen and he wants wet food. I could go on forever. Talk to you soon! "
YouTube Video Link:
http://youtu.be/iLQi11uddmk
AUGUST 23, 2014
This is one of those stories at my Cattery that is both humorous and embarrassing to tell. Saffron, a 5 month old Black Persian kitten is Pansy and Willie's boy from their last litter this year. He was a singleton kitten. Yes, I did say "He" and that is how this story begins. I hope everyone sees the humor in this story just like Janessa and I did. Saffron left with his new mommy, Janessa, on June 16, 2014. Janessa is thrilled to death with Saffron. On July 23, 2014, Janessa wrote me with a question about Saffron and this is how it all started. I don't think Janessa would mind me sharing her email. I thought it was cute after the fact but shocking when I first read it:
July 23, 2014: "Hi Susan! I hope you are doing well. Diamonds kitties are so precious. They remind me so much of Saffy. I'm definitely starting to see that Willie personality in all of them just like Saffy. She loves to be with me all the time and I love that about her. I mean literally; she is where I am always. She's my buddy. So this may be odd but I am having a feeling that Saffy may actually be a "he." I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it with my own eyes but I swore I saw a little pink thing stick out when she was laying on her back last night. She has so much hair down there that I can't get a look to see if I see any scrotum. Haha. Have you ever heard of this happening. I'm absolutely in love with her either way and it will probably be hard to ever look at her as a boy (lol) but is it possible? I may just be going crazy with bar study or maybe girls have something similar that can stick out down there? Thanks, Janessa"
Well that all started the ball rolling with a Vet visit to see if Saffy was a girl or boy. Turns out she was really a boy. I am still trying to wrap my brain around the fact that Saffy is a boy. Mistakes can happy and that is what happened in this case. Janessa had put down on her application that she had wanted a boy but when it came time for picks, she had fallen in love with Saffy, a girl. So in the end, her dreams came true. What is so embarrassing is that I never caught it. I never questioned from birth that she was a girl. What is funny is that two different Vets had seen Saffy. Our Vet had seen her during the wellness exam and her Vet had seen her twice for her first exam and then for her 3rd set of shots. Not any of us professionals had caught that Saffy was a boy. Ok. so that makes me feel somewhat better that two Vets had not caught it either.
So you ask how Janessa actually feels about Saffy now that she knows that Saffy is a boy. I will let her tell you herself via the emails she has sent since our last Saffy update. Also don't forget to catch the very cute video she sent in on Saffron, and his Blankie. Yes, Pansy is still making those wonderful lap kittens. The link to the YouTube video is below:
July 30, 2014: "Hi Susan! I finished my test and got to come home to this sweet boy. This is his favorite position. He lays like this for hours!"
August 8, 2014: "I've been enjoying the pics of the kittens this month. It's so hard to pick from the hundreds I have but I have attached a few of my faves for kitty appreciation month. I especially love the tongue picture and the one of him on his back is how he lays almost all of the time when he isn't playing. The plastic drawer is one of his favorite spots. I just leave the bottom open for him. Saffy is a momma's boy. He cries when he is locked out of whatever room I am in. He is super smart and CHILL. Just very calm all around when it comes to the bath and general grooming. His charcoal colors are really showing. His favorite toy is still the wand but he seems to be able to turn almost anything into a little toy! Haha I do love him. Thanks for giving us to opportunity to share with everyone!"
August 9, 2014: "I love seeing all of the videos and photos of the kittens this month. I see so many similarities between them and Saffy. Saffy is also kneading dough and nursing. He uses a blanket I crocheted. He does it for several minutes and then takes a nap. He starts by digging his head in the blanket for a while and then he comes up with a piece of the blanket in his mouth and he just holds it in his mouth the whole time. It's it the cutest thing. I've attached a video. It's a little dark but I hope to get a better one during the day. He does it ALL the time.
I still can't believe how good he is at night. He sleeps with me the whole night. He gets up to go to eat or use the bathroom but he comes right back and just snuggles with me. He puuuurrrrssss constantly. He really is not very vocal but he will tell me when he wants something, esp. if I'm hanging in the kitchen and he wants wet food. I could go on forever. Talk to you soon! "
YouTube Video Link:
http://youtu.be/iLQi11uddmk
BELLA'S NEW TOY
AUGUST 20, 2014
Bella, formerly Black Orchid, from Diamond and Willie's first litter this year, is doing great in her new home. Her mother is lavishing her with new toys. Lori, her mother, sent us a video with Bella playing with her newest toy. Maybe playing is not the correct word. Maybe the correct word is attacking. Lori says Bella is a wild child going crazy checking out ever nook and corner. Lori says she is exhausted by day's end. If the video is any indication of how she plays, I can see how she would be exhausted by days end. Bella is now 4 months old. We are so happy to hear she has adjusted so well to her new home. You can click the link below to go directly to the YouTube video.
http://youtu.be/D-TL8yaBX7I
AUGUST 20, 2014
Bella, formerly Black Orchid, from Diamond and Willie's first litter this year, is doing great in her new home. Her mother is lavishing her with new toys. Lori, her mother, sent us a video with Bella playing with her newest toy. Maybe playing is not the correct word. Maybe the correct word is attacking. Lori says Bella is a wild child going crazy checking out ever nook and corner. Lori says she is exhausted by day's end. If the video is any indication of how she plays, I can see how she would be exhausted by days end. Bella is now 4 months old. We are so happy to hear she has adjusted so well to her new home. You can click the link below to go directly to the YouTube video.
http://youtu.be/D-TL8yaBX7I
Primrose Update
August 20, 2014
We have an update on Primrose and her pregnancy. Yes, she is pregnant. She pinked up early. I started to see it yesterday on Day 18. She will continue to get pinker for the next few days. This will be her first litter with L'il Toy Drum, a Blue and White Bicolor CPC Persian carrying the Chocolate Gene. Primrose is a Cream CPC Persian, carrying the Chocolate Gene. Since they both are CPC (Color Point Carriers), it is possibly for some Himalayan kittens in this litter. One thing is for sure, I can pretty much bet that these babies are going to have huge round eyes. As for the colors: all the males will take after their mother's color of Cream. The girls will all be Tortoiseshells. The Tortoiseshells will either be Blue Creams or Lilac Creams. Since both Toy and Primrose are dilutes, we will get the diluted version of Chocolates, which is Lilac. The ratio of Blue Creams to Lilac Creams will be 75% to 25%. Of course, Primrose and Toy could have all boys, which will result in all Cream Persian boys and Cream Point Himi boys. It will definitely be interesting to find out what they do produce together. This will possibly be Primrose's next to last litter since she will be 6 years old next year. So for her next mating, we will have her mated to Willie Wonka in hopes of some more Chocolate kittens like her last fantastic litter with him. I found a wonderful CFA link on Basic Color Genetics which will give you a great idea of why we can or can not produce some particular colors in litters. Primrose's babies should be born around October 4th. Her babies would be ready to leave 13 weeks after they are born or around January 3rd. What a wonderful way to start the New Year with a baby in your arms.
August 20, 2014
We have an update on Primrose and her pregnancy. Yes, she is pregnant. She pinked up early. I started to see it yesterday on Day 18. She will continue to get pinker for the next few days. This will be her first litter with L'il Toy Drum, a Blue and White Bicolor CPC Persian carrying the Chocolate Gene. Primrose is a Cream CPC Persian, carrying the Chocolate Gene. Since they both are CPC (Color Point Carriers), it is possibly for some Himalayan kittens in this litter. One thing is for sure, I can pretty much bet that these babies are going to have huge round eyes. As for the colors: all the males will take after their mother's color of Cream. The girls will all be Tortoiseshells. The Tortoiseshells will either be Blue Creams or Lilac Creams. Since both Toy and Primrose are dilutes, we will get the diluted version of Chocolates, which is Lilac. The ratio of Blue Creams to Lilac Creams will be 75% to 25%. Of course, Primrose and Toy could have all boys, which will result in all Cream Persian boys and Cream Point Himi boys. It will definitely be interesting to find out what they do produce together. This will possibly be Primrose's next to last litter since she will be 6 years old next year. So for her next mating, we will have her mated to Willie Wonka in hopes of some more Chocolate kittens like her last fantastic litter with him. I found a wonderful CFA link on Basic Color Genetics which will give you a great idea of why we can or can not produce some particular colors in litters. Primrose's babies should be born around October 4th. Her babies would be ready to leave 13 weeks after they are born or around January 3rd. What a wonderful way to start the New Year with a baby in your arms.
Cattery Updates
August 19, 2014
We have been crazy busy here at the Cattery. Chocolate Hollyhock and Black Velvet Petunia and I just got back from a five day camping trip to the wonderful Virginia State Park called Chippokes Plantation. The girls really enjoyed all the special attention they got. They were so good on the drive and in the RV.
We just have not had any time to do our blogging for our Adoptive Family Appreciation Month. We will start back on Wednesday. We are still getting in updates on our kittens and cats for our Appreciation Month. There is one incredible story to share along with several family videos.
On August 8th, eight of my former and current Persian and Himalayan breeders had their HCM Cardiac Ultrasound at The Sound Cat in Wilmington, North Carolina. It was quite a feat to carry all eight of them in a car for the 3 hour car ride one way. Everyone did great during their scan except Hydrangea who threw a fit and had to be sedated for the scan. I kept telling Dr. Williams that she really is a very sweet girl. I don't think Dr. WIlliams believed me. LOL Anyway, all scans were negative for HCM. We will be bring back Little Miracle, Rose and Hydrangea for a recheck once they reach the age of two years old. This is the first time that our retired Sires, Lord Chesterfield the First and Lord Camelot the First were scanned. We want to thank Tommy, their parent, for allowing me to take them to be scanned. Camelot is now five years old and Chester is now over 6 years old. In addition, Petunia Lilymae, our first Dam was taken down. She is now over 8 years old and this was her second scan. All three of these retired breeders make up the foundation for my girl's line so it was very important for me to have them scanned. It is a relief to have it completed. I can now say that every breeder I have ever had at the Cattery has now been scanned.
Well Dr. Williams was scanning their hearts, we took the opportunity to count babies. Diamond has three babies in her womb. One is huge and so she may have to have a C-Section next Tuesday. Her weight continues to be greater than her last pregnancy when she had 4 babies in the womb, so I am concerned that she may not be able to deliver it naturally. Her babies are kicking away and have been for the last week. Pansy has two babies in her womb though Dr. Williams was not quite sure she didn't see three. Pansy is feeling larger on one side with one baby completely sticking out so I am starting to wonder also if she might not have three babies. Rose was only about 15 days out from her first day of mating and Dr. Williams was able to catch a baby in her womb. I was not surprised it was only one baby since Rose is a first time mommy and I only heard her scream once during mating with Toy. So if she continues to carry this baby, it will be Toy's first baby here at the Cattery.
Primrose was mated to Toy and we should know if she is pregnant within the week. She has put on weight since her mating but it is still to early to tell. Hydrangea is still a big question mark. She is gaining weight and appears to be pinking up but this is well past the date. So if she is pregnant, my guess is she will only be having one baby by Toy. She would be a first time mommy also. We will just have to wait and see on this one.
We spent the day preparing Diamond's birthing cage and tomorrow we will be cleaning and disinfecting the Nursery. We had not used a birthing cage before this year but Diamond just did not want to stay put with her babies so we had to. She will have her belly shaved tomorrow along with a mini bath. She will then be put in my bedroom where I can watch her more closely at night. It is hard to believe it is already getting near delivery time for her babies. We hope she is an excellent mother this time around.
We will start back on blogging about our adoptive kittens and cats on Wednesday so stay tuned.
August 19, 2014
We have been crazy busy here at the Cattery. Chocolate Hollyhock and Black Velvet Petunia and I just got back from a five day camping trip to the wonderful Virginia State Park called Chippokes Plantation. The girls really enjoyed all the special attention they got. They were so good on the drive and in the RV.
We just have not had any time to do our blogging for our Adoptive Family Appreciation Month. We will start back on Wednesday. We are still getting in updates on our kittens and cats for our Appreciation Month. There is one incredible story to share along with several family videos.
On August 8th, eight of my former and current Persian and Himalayan breeders had their HCM Cardiac Ultrasound at The Sound Cat in Wilmington, North Carolina. It was quite a feat to carry all eight of them in a car for the 3 hour car ride one way. Everyone did great during their scan except Hydrangea who threw a fit and had to be sedated for the scan. I kept telling Dr. Williams that she really is a very sweet girl. I don't think Dr. WIlliams believed me. LOL Anyway, all scans were negative for HCM. We will be bring back Little Miracle, Rose and Hydrangea for a recheck once they reach the age of two years old. This is the first time that our retired Sires, Lord Chesterfield the First and Lord Camelot the First were scanned. We want to thank Tommy, their parent, for allowing me to take them to be scanned. Camelot is now five years old and Chester is now over 6 years old. In addition, Petunia Lilymae, our first Dam was taken down. She is now over 8 years old and this was her second scan. All three of these retired breeders make up the foundation for my girl's line so it was very important for me to have them scanned. It is a relief to have it completed. I can now say that every breeder I have ever had at the Cattery has now been scanned.
Well Dr. Williams was scanning their hearts, we took the opportunity to count babies. Diamond has three babies in her womb. One is huge and so she may have to have a C-Section next Tuesday. Her weight continues to be greater than her last pregnancy when she had 4 babies in the womb, so I am concerned that she may not be able to deliver it naturally. Her babies are kicking away and have been for the last week. Pansy has two babies in her womb though Dr. Williams was not quite sure she didn't see three. Pansy is feeling larger on one side with one baby completely sticking out so I am starting to wonder also if she might not have three babies. Rose was only about 15 days out from her first day of mating and Dr. Williams was able to catch a baby in her womb. I was not surprised it was only one baby since Rose is a first time mommy and I only heard her scream once during mating with Toy. So if she continues to carry this baby, it will be Toy's first baby here at the Cattery.
Primrose was mated to Toy and we should know if she is pregnant within the week. She has put on weight since her mating but it is still to early to tell. Hydrangea is still a big question mark. She is gaining weight and appears to be pinking up but this is well past the date. So if she is pregnant, my guess is she will only be having one baby by Toy. She would be a first time mommy also. We will just have to wait and see on this one.
We spent the day preparing Diamond's birthing cage and tomorrow we will be cleaning and disinfecting the Nursery. We had not used a birthing cage before this year but Diamond just did not want to stay put with her babies so we had to. She will have her belly shaved tomorrow along with a mini bath. She will then be put in my bedroom where I can watch her more closely at night. It is hard to believe it is already getting near delivery time for her babies. We hope she is an excellent mother this time around.
We will start back on blogging about our adoptive kittens and cats on Wednesday so stay tuned.
Sweet Benjamin and Sweet Joseph
August 15, 2015
Sweet Benjamin and Sweet Joseph have a special place in my heart for all eternity. I still really miss them. These are two of the sweetest boys. They are siblings from Primrose and Camelot's first litter together in 2012. They are now 3 years old. Their sister is my sweet Pansy. They are sweet because Camelot, the lap cat is their father. They both are Cream Persians but each has their own unique look. Sweet Benjamin has these beautiful copper eyes, a heart shaped nose pad and the sweetest face. Sweet Joseph is big and solid with a larger nose pad and longer nose. They both reside with their mother, Sarah and their half sister, Sweet Annie. These boys are so bonded together that when Joseph had to get his teeth cleaned at the Vet and begone overnight, Benjamin refused to eat his food the next morning because he was missing Joseph so much. Sarah shared this picture of her sweet boys on our Facebook page within the past week. She said it was taken right before bath time. You can read more about Sweet Benjamin on our Adopted Special Needs page and you can read more about Sweet Joseph on our Adopted Adults page.
August 15, 2015
Sweet Benjamin and Sweet Joseph have a special place in my heart for all eternity. I still really miss them. These are two of the sweetest boys. They are siblings from Primrose and Camelot's first litter together in 2012. They are now 3 years old. Their sister is my sweet Pansy. They are sweet because Camelot, the lap cat is their father. They both are Cream Persians but each has their own unique look. Sweet Benjamin has these beautiful copper eyes, a heart shaped nose pad and the sweetest face. Sweet Joseph is big and solid with a larger nose pad and longer nose. They both reside with their mother, Sarah and their half sister, Sweet Annie. These boys are so bonded together that when Joseph had to get his teeth cleaned at the Vet and begone overnight, Benjamin refused to eat his food the next morning because he was missing Joseph so much. Sarah shared this picture of her sweet boys on our Facebook page within the past week. She said it was taken right before bath time. You can read more about Sweet Benjamin on our Adopted Special Needs page and you can read more about Sweet Joseph on our Adopted Adults page.
CALLA LILY
AUGUST 13, 2014
Calla Lily is a beautiful Flame Point Himalayan from Petunia Lilymae and Lord Chesterfield the First's litter in 2009. It was Petunia and Chester's only litter together. Calla Lily's sisters are Primrose and Buttercup. Primrose and Buttercup reside at the Cattery. Cally Lily just turned 5 years old on August 8th. Calla Lily has the same fabulous fur coat that Buttercup has. Her mother, Heather, usually keeps her in a lions cut due to her thick long cotton coat. Calla Lily lives with her mother Heather and Heather's two girls. Her companion is Alex, a Seal Point Himalayan, who is closely related to Petunia, Lily's mother. From what I understand, Lily absolutely loves water. She drinks from the sink and will cry for the faucet to be turned on. She is one very smart girl. The smarts are coming directly from Petunia, her mother. Heather has shared these photos on our Facebook page.
AUGUST 13, 2014
Calla Lily is a beautiful Flame Point Himalayan from Petunia Lilymae and Lord Chesterfield the First's litter in 2009. It was Petunia and Chester's only litter together. Calla Lily's sisters are Primrose and Buttercup. Primrose and Buttercup reside at the Cattery. Cally Lily just turned 5 years old on August 8th. Calla Lily has the same fabulous fur coat that Buttercup has. Her mother, Heather, usually keeps her in a lions cut due to her thick long cotton coat. Calla Lily lives with her mother Heather and Heather's two girls. Her companion is Alex, a Seal Point Himalayan, who is closely related to Petunia, Lily's mother. From what I understand, Lily absolutely loves water. She drinks from the sink and will cry for the faucet to be turned on. She is one very smart girl. The smarts are coming directly from Petunia, her mother. Heather has shared these photos on our Facebook page.
COCO PUFF
FORMERLY: THE PERFECT DAHLIA
AUGUST 12, 2014
Coco Puff is a Black Persian female from Willie and Pansy's first litter together in 2012. It was Willie's first litter at our Cattery and Pansy's first litter. Coco Puff is now over 3 years old. She has a wonderful family, Ross and Jan, and a loving companion dog named Cleo. I know she is spoiled rotten. Her mother can't wait to get home from work each day to be with her baby. What I love about the newest pictures Jan just sent is Coco Puff's amazing copper eyes. It appears that when Pansy is mixed with Willie, her Persian babies' eye color is actually stronger than Pansy's eye color. And I think Pansy has terrific eye color. I did lighten up the pictures Jan sent so you could see her features. From what I hear, Coco Puff is a sweetheart just like her mother. Here is what Jan just wrote in about her Coco Puff.
August 8, 2014:
"Wanted to send you a few pics of COCO PUFF! She is doing awesome and still rules the house. CLEO is never far away because COCO PUFF loves her. She rubs herself all over CLEO and they curl up next to each other and take naps together. I am so happy she gives CLEO so much attention because TING TANG never had anything to do with her. I cannot believe that COCO is already two years old!! Time flies when you're having fun. I have enjoyed reading your blogs and watching all the adorable antics and cuteness that goes on at the cattery. Thanks so much for everything you do for your furbabies. You love them with all your heart and it shows."
"Here is a few more pics of the baby! As you can see she loves to play in bags, boxes, and the funniest one is where she is looking out the window at the neighbors outdoor cat. They just stare at each other through the window!! So cute.."
FORMERLY: THE PERFECT DAHLIA
AUGUST 12, 2014
Coco Puff is a Black Persian female from Willie and Pansy's first litter together in 2012. It was Willie's first litter at our Cattery and Pansy's first litter. Coco Puff is now over 3 years old. She has a wonderful family, Ross and Jan, and a loving companion dog named Cleo. I know she is spoiled rotten. Her mother can't wait to get home from work each day to be with her baby. What I love about the newest pictures Jan just sent is Coco Puff's amazing copper eyes. It appears that when Pansy is mixed with Willie, her Persian babies' eye color is actually stronger than Pansy's eye color. And I think Pansy has terrific eye color. I did lighten up the pictures Jan sent so you could see her features. From what I hear, Coco Puff is a sweetheart just like her mother. Here is what Jan just wrote in about her Coco Puff.
August 8, 2014:
"Wanted to send you a few pics of COCO PUFF! She is doing awesome and still rules the house. CLEO is never far away because COCO PUFF loves her. She rubs herself all over CLEO and they curl up next to each other and take naps together. I am so happy she gives CLEO so much attention because TING TANG never had anything to do with her. I cannot believe that COCO is already two years old!! Time flies when you're having fun. I have enjoyed reading your blogs and watching all the adorable antics and cuteness that goes on at the cattery. Thanks so much for everything you do for your furbabies. You love them with all your heart and it shows."
"Here is a few more pics of the baby! As you can see she loves to play in bags, boxes, and the funniest one is where she is looking out the window at the neighbors outdoor cat. They just stare at each other through the window!! So cute.."
Jedidiah and Andy
August 11, 2014
Today our blog is about Jedidiah and Andy (formerly Zachariah). Both boys are siblings from Petunia Lilymae's last litter here at the Cattery. Their father is CH Lord Camelot the First, a black Persian and known to all as the Lapcat. Jediadiah is one of the smartest kittens we have ever had at the Cattery. Andy was my lap kitten while he was here. They had some great video clips from that litter if you look back into our 2011 YouTube Videos. They live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Their fur companions are a dog named Tashi and a 17+ year old Himi named Merlin. Here is what Faye wrote in about her boys recently:
August 1, 2014:
"Attached are some pictures that are not new but some of our favorites of all four of our furboys. Andy and Jed came to live with us three years ago this month and have brought us great joy. In a brief period of time we lost our 14 year old Winston (a seal point Himalayan) who died the day they were born, Jake’s sister and my Mother. Watching these two do their “brother” thing kept us laughing through some sad times. Andy (Gandalf Zachariah) is his usual sweet self. He snuggles up to Tashi, our Shih Tzu, and if our elderly Tashi is having a bad day when he is not feeling well you can count on Andy to be close by “taking care of him”. Andy is a really big boy and loves us all – two legged and 4 legged.
And then, there is Mr. Jed. He is as God made him – a live wire. Just when we think we have seen all of his tricks he comes up with new ones! I love fresh flowers in the house from my garden but apparently Jed thinks he is Ferdinand and has to smell every blossom. He also tries his hand at rearranging from time to time so any flowers inside have to be up high. What a Jed! He is a beauty with those deep copper eyes and SO smart! He will snuggle briefly but he has a pretty full agenda just taking care of Jed business so has to move on to the next thing!
Susan, your boys – now our boys too –have certainly enriched our lives! Faye"
August 11, 2014
Today our blog is about Jedidiah and Andy (formerly Zachariah). Both boys are siblings from Petunia Lilymae's last litter here at the Cattery. Their father is CH Lord Camelot the First, a black Persian and known to all as the Lapcat. Jediadiah is one of the smartest kittens we have ever had at the Cattery. Andy was my lap kitten while he was here. They had some great video clips from that litter if you look back into our 2011 YouTube Videos. They live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Their fur companions are a dog named Tashi and a 17+ year old Himi named Merlin. Here is what Faye wrote in about her boys recently:
August 1, 2014:
"Attached are some pictures that are not new but some of our favorites of all four of our furboys. Andy and Jed came to live with us three years ago this month and have brought us great joy. In a brief period of time we lost our 14 year old Winston (a seal point Himalayan) who died the day they were born, Jake’s sister and my Mother. Watching these two do their “brother” thing kept us laughing through some sad times. Andy (Gandalf Zachariah) is his usual sweet self. He snuggles up to Tashi, our Shih Tzu, and if our elderly Tashi is having a bad day when he is not feeling well you can count on Andy to be close by “taking care of him”. Andy is a really big boy and loves us all – two legged and 4 legged.
And then, there is Mr. Jed. He is as God made him – a live wire. Just when we think we have seen all of his tricks he comes up with new ones! I love fresh flowers in the house from my garden but apparently Jed thinks he is Ferdinand and has to smell every blossom. He also tries his hand at rearranging from time to time so any flowers inside have to be up high. What a Jed! He is a beauty with those deep copper eyes and SO smart! He will snuggle briefly but he has a pretty full agenda just taking care of Jed business so has to move on to the next thing!
Susan, your boys – now our boys too –have certainly enriched our lives! Faye"
MAXWELL JOE
August 7, 2014
In July, Maxwell Joel's mother sent in some of her favorite photographs taken of him over the last year. Max lives in Wilmington, NC with his family, the Tracys. There are no other pets in the home but that will soon be changing as the Tracys are now on the Priority Wait List for a second kitten that will be a companion for Max. Max is from Pansy and Willie's litter of 5 from last year. When I saw the pictures that the Tracys sent, I was surprised at the fabulous coat he had. His coat tops the coat that Rose, his sister, has. He is going to be a big boy. He already has developed some fabulous eye color. Here is what Laurie had to say about Max:
July 6, 2014:
"I have a few pictures to share. It is hard to get a good one. I had his birthday shoot but kept thinking i would get a better one and time keeps passing by. We have enjoyed watching the new kittens grow up and move to families. We would have liked to have any one of them. Max is doing great and still very playful. Max got a summer cut early April which he loved (but Paul hated!) It was Justin's birthday too. We will keep watching the kittens!"'
July 21, 2014:
"Max had his annual physical today weighing in at 10.9. Dr. Williams said he was really heathy. She also agreed he would enjoy having a companion."
August 7, 2014
In July, Maxwell Joel's mother sent in some of her favorite photographs taken of him over the last year. Max lives in Wilmington, NC with his family, the Tracys. There are no other pets in the home but that will soon be changing as the Tracys are now on the Priority Wait List for a second kitten that will be a companion for Max. Max is from Pansy and Willie's litter of 5 from last year. When I saw the pictures that the Tracys sent, I was surprised at the fabulous coat he had. His coat tops the coat that Rose, his sister, has. He is going to be a big boy. He already has developed some fabulous eye color. Here is what Laurie had to say about Max:
July 6, 2014:
"I have a few pictures to share. It is hard to get a good one. I had his birthday shoot but kept thinking i would get a better one and time keeps passing by. We have enjoyed watching the new kittens grow up and move to families. We would have liked to have any one of them. Max is doing great and still very playful. Max got a summer cut early April which he loved (but Paul hated!) It was Justin's birthday too. We will keep watching the kittens!"'
July 21, 2014:
"Max had his annual physical today weighing in at 10.9. Dr. Williams said he was really heathy. She also agreed he would enjoy having a companion."
MOSES AND HIS NEW FAMILY
Renamed: Mr. Tumnus
August 6, 2014
On August 3, 2014, Moses, a beautiful Black Persian, left for his new home with the Ciochina family who live in Leicester, North Carolina. Leicester is located up near beautiful Asheville, North Carolina. The girls, Morgan and Aubrey, and the whole family had looked forward for a long time to getting their Mr. Tumnus. The girls even made baby blankets for him. The Ciochina Family started on the Priority Wait List last mid-September and wanted a male extreme lap kitten. Unfortunately, Pansy and Primrose, with their last litters, did not have any males (Or so we thought. Yes, there is a story there and will post really soon about it). They were very happy when Diamond and Willie had a litter with two extreme faced boys. Morgan had always wanted a black Persian. Diamond's whole litter were lap kittens and Moses is no exception. He loved nursing on his siblings even more than the blanket. But when Lori Pierce brought the white lamb in to the Cattery for her baby girl, Orchid, well ... you will have to take a look at the YouTube video to see what happened.
Moses is doing great in his new home and there is unlimited love in abundance for Moses between the family members. Last August, the Ciochina family lost their 6 year old Maine Coon to complications from HCM. The last December, their Saint Bernard died of Bone Cancer. Moses will have one furry companion in this very busy household. It is their 4 year old Old English Sheepdog named Moses. Now what was that name?? We have a problem. Moses and Moses. Well the Ciochina family has renamed our Moses, Mr. Tumnus. Now there is not mistaking when they call for Moses.
Marci is on Facebook and had provided comments for almost all the pictures above so you just need to scroll down to her post and click on the link to read them. Listed below are the comments she provided by email about how Mr. Tumnus is doing in his new home.
August 5, 2014 AM:
"The first two days with Moses have been wonderful. You can see my post of our trip home on Facebook. He was the perfect traveler and just moved from person to person to snooze. He has already captured our hearts. When we got home, we brought him in and placed him in our room. He has a plethora of toys and has the bedroom, bathroom, walk in closet and attached laundry room to explore and explore he does. He is a wonderful kitty. He is not timid nor shy. He has not hid but has explored, played and napped. The first night, both Mike and I experienced, while sleeping, a sweet kitten coming up to us and kneading and nursing on our necks. He has his blanket and monster but apparently preferred us instead.
Yesterday was a day of play and rest. Aubrey pretty much spent the day with him in the room and played and napped with Tumnus. She is in love!! He is interested about what is on the other side of the door--another big fluffy Moses. He was reaching under the door to make contact. We may introduce them tomorrow after another day of getting acclimated. Last night he didn't make a sound which made for wonderful sleeping. He can sleep with us every night if he keeps this up!
Today he has already played, explored, walked on my keyboard as I was typing and in general, been adorable. I will let you know how the rest of the day goes. He is doing great!
Thank you again for all the wonderful goodies you gave to us. You really go above and beyond any breeder I have ever dealt with. It is a pleasure and shows just how much you care about these kittens and their ultimate care. I have loved reading about his siblings. I have my information folder ready for the vet which we will go to on Friday (I wanted to give him some time to adjust before we freak him out by a 30 minute trip to our vet). I will let you know how it goes. Have a great day. With blessings, Marci"
August 5, 2014 PM:
"You have to hear this. This morning we were realizing that Tumnus did not ever seem to jump up. He jumped down perfectly fine but we couldn't get him to jump up. In fact, none of us had seen him jump. While in the computer room, he wanted to be near me, would lie on the floor but not jump in my lap. Then we realized he jumped down off the bed last night but did not jump back up, thus no nursing on our necks until Mike scooped him up this morning. So of course, I am thinking why? I even bought some kitty crack (aka tuna fish) to try to see if he would jump up for that.
Here is the funny part. I come home and open the door to our bedroom and Tumnus TEARS out. There was no trepidation, no pause. Nope, this kitten wanted out of our bedroom and into the whole house. I am serious. He started exploring immediately-walking up stairs, walking down stairs, jumping on furniture, running across the floor, climbing into cabinets. And to boot, he went right up to Moses and has not quaked a bit as Moses, who doesn't realize that he is a much bigger Old English Sheepdog, tries to play with him. I am trying to get pictures but they move every time I try. I just had to laugh. I think we were squelching his adventurous mojo! What a great cat :-) !"
Renamed: Mr. Tumnus
August 6, 2014
On August 3, 2014, Moses, a beautiful Black Persian, left for his new home with the Ciochina family who live in Leicester, North Carolina. Leicester is located up near beautiful Asheville, North Carolina. The girls, Morgan and Aubrey, and the whole family had looked forward for a long time to getting their Mr. Tumnus. The girls even made baby blankets for him. The Ciochina Family started on the Priority Wait List last mid-September and wanted a male extreme lap kitten. Unfortunately, Pansy and Primrose, with their last litters, did not have any males (Or so we thought. Yes, there is a story there and will post really soon about it). They were very happy when Diamond and Willie had a litter with two extreme faced boys. Morgan had always wanted a black Persian. Diamond's whole litter were lap kittens and Moses is no exception. He loved nursing on his siblings even more than the blanket. But when Lori Pierce brought the white lamb in to the Cattery for her baby girl, Orchid, well ... you will have to take a look at the YouTube video to see what happened.
Moses is doing great in his new home and there is unlimited love in abundance for Moses between the family members. Last August, the Ciochina family lost their 6 year old Maine Coon to complications from HCM. The last December, their Saint Bernard died of Bone Cancer. Moses will have one furry companion in this very busy household. It is their 4 year old Old English Sheepdog named Moses. Now what was that name?? We have a problem. Moses and Moses. Well the Ciochina family has renamed our Moses, Mr. Tumnus. Now there is not mistaking when they call for Moses.
Marci is on Facebook and had provided comments for almost all the pictures above so you just need to scroll down to her post and click on the link to read them. Listed below are the comments she provided by email about how Mr. Tumnus is doing in his new home.
August 5, 2014 AM:
"The first two days with Moses have been wonderful. You can see my post of our trip home on Facebook. He was the perfect traveler and just moved from person to person to snooze. He has already captured our hearts. When we got home, we brought him in and placed him in our room. He has a plethora of toys and has the bedroom, bathroom, walk in closet and attached laundry room to explore and explore he does. He is a wonderful kitty. He is not timid nor shy. He has not hid but has explored, played and napped. The first night, both Mike and I experienced, while sleeping, a sweet kitten coming up to us and kneading and nursing on our necks. He has his blanket and monster but apparently preferred us instead.
Yesterday was a day of play and rest. Aubrey pretty much spent the day with him in the room and played and napped with Tumnus. She is in love!! He is interested about what is on the other side of the door--another big fluffy Moses. He was reaching under the door to make contact. We may introduce them tomorrow after another day of getting acclimated. Last night he didn't make a sound which made for wonderful sleeping. He can sleep with us every night if he keeps this up!
Today he has already played, explored, walked on my keyboard as I was typing and in general, been adorable. I will let you know how the rest of the day goes. He is doing great!
Thank you again for all the wonderful goodies you gave to us. You really go above and beyond any breeder I have ever dealt with. It is a pleasure and shows just how much you care about these kittens and their ultimate care. I have loved reading about his siblings. I have my information folder ready for the vet which we will go to on Friday (I wanted to give him some time to adjust before we freak him out by a 30 minute trip to our vet). I will let you know how it goes. Have a great day. With blessings, Marci"
August 5, 2014 PM:
"You have to hear this. This morning we were realizing that Tumnus did not ever seem to jump up. He jumped down perfectly fine but we couldn't get him to jump up. In fact, none of us had seen him jump. While in the computer room, he wanted to be near me, would lie on the floor but not jump in my lap. Then we realized he jumped down off the bed last night but did not jump back up, thus no nursing on our necks until Mike scooped him up this morning. So of course, I am thinking why? I even bought some kitty crack (aka tuna fish) to try to see if he would jump up for that.
Here is the funny part. I come home and open the door to our bedroom and Tumnus TEARS out. There was no trepidation, no pause. Nope, this kitten wanted out of our bedroom and into the whole house. I am serious. He started exploring immediately-walking up stairs, walking down stairs, jumping on furniture, running across the floor, climbing into cabinets. And to boot, he went right up to Moses and has not quaked a bit as Moses, who doesn't realize that he is a much bigger Old English Sheepdog, tries to play with him. I am trying to get pictures but they move every time I try. I just had to laugh. I think we were squelching his adventurous mojo! What a great cat :-) !"
BLACK ORCHID AND HER NEW FAMILY
Renamed: Belladonna
August 5, 2014
On July 30, 2014, Orchid left in the arms of her new family, Lori Pierce and her daughter, Nicole. The Pierce family has renamed Black Orchid with the name Belladonna, meaning in Italian: "beautiful women". Actually Belladonna is a flower.
Orchid is a Black Persian female from Diamond and Willie's first litter together. She loves to snuggle, knead dough and nurse on her blanket or on her siblings. She is going to be a lap kitten. Orchid is going to have a beautiful coat. Already her silver ruff was showing and the cutest silver ear tuffs. She is going to be a stunning girl. She is also a character. She really does play hard.
Lori has had a hard year with the passing of her 14 year old Doberman and her 15 year old beautiful Calico Persian. If that was not enough, she had just adopted a 3 year old retired Persian breeder named Buttons from a well known Persian Show Cattery ... only to find out within a month after adoption that the cat has heart problems. Lori was devastated. She has now also found out that her six year old Doberman has HCM. Lori's family loves animals of all kinds. They have two Dobermans, 2 Persians with one being 14 years old and three horses.
Lori and her daughter had come the night before picking up Orchid to spend time with Orchid so she could get use to them. They were very thoughtful and brought a stuffed white lamb for Orchid. You can see our YouTube video on what transpired with the lamb. I know that Lori has a warm and kind heart. When I first met her, it felt like I had known her for a long time. As for Orchid ... well ... she had just taken over the Pierce household. They play hard in the morning with Orchid racing up and down the hall with her toys. Lori has called several times since Orchid has left the Cattery. She called during the long trip home to Pennsylvania and also this past Saturday. Here are Lori's text messages on how Orchid is adjusting to her new family. You will see the humor in them.
July 31, 2014:
"Bella's vet visit went great. She was quiet all night we played hard this morning now napping all is well!!!!"
August 1, 2014:
"I had a great night sleeping with my baby she is soooo good"
August 4, 2014:
"Bella is on top of the dog's crate swatting at their heads. She is such a stinker no fear thanks God the dogs are good.:-)"
August 5, 2014:
"Bella is such a stinker I think she thinks she owns the place. She has no
fear and is an early riser she is so funny I forgot how silly kittens are.
She made me so mad. My husband came home and when he came to bed she left me and stretched out next to him with her head on his side. She's such a suck up lol. He thinks she's a sweetie"
August 6, 2014 Via Facebook:
"I would like to thank Susan Youngman of Victorian Gardens for the wonderful job she has done with her cattery. The kitten we just purchased is very healthy, social, playful and an overall joy. Our experience buying Bella, Black Orchid, was great! Bella is the love of our family and has already brought so much joy to our home. She is constantly making us laugh with her silliness.
Bella has adjusted to her new home extremely well in fact I think she has taken over the place. She is a very brave little thing. She loves exploring the house from one end to the other without even giving it a thought that maybe she should be cautious, lol. She loves teasing the dogs from the cracks behind closed doors, If only I had a video of that. The Dobermans are totally enthralled with her. Bella is constantly getting kisses from the dogs and she doesn't mind.. it.
Bella sleeps with us every night and is great until 5 or 5:30 then she thinks it's time to play. I awake with my face being tickled with whiskers and a little meowwwww saying it's time to play!!! Usually I can get her to sleep a little longer when I give her the lamb she loves to nurse on. I have learned to take one of her toys to bed with me at night so when she wakes me up I can play with her and I don't even have to get out of bed.
Bella's favorite toy is the Cat Dancer, she absolutely loves it. She will go and sit on top of it and look at me so I will play with her. Even when we are playing with something else she will stop and go over to the Cat Dancer and sit on it. She is one smart little girl.
We are totally thrilled with our new addition to our family and we thank Susan again for helping to bring this joy into our home."
Renamed: Belladonna
August 5, 2014
On July 30, 2014, Orchid left in the arms of her new family, Lori Pierce and her daughter, Nicole. The Pierce family has renamed Black Orchid with the name Belladonna, meaning in Italian: "beautiful women". Actually Belladonna is a flower.
Orchid is a Black Persian female from Diamond and Willie's first litter together. She loves to snuggle, knead dough and nurse on her blanket or on her siblings. She is going to be a lap kitten. Orchid is going to have a beautiful coat. Already her silver ruff was showing and the cutest silver ear tuffs. She is going to be a stunning girl. She is also a character. She really does play hard.
Lori has had a hard year with the passing of her 14 year old Doberman and her 15 year old beautiful Calico Persian. If that was not enough, she had just adopted a 3 year old retired Persian breeder named Buttons from a well known Persian Show Cattery ... only to find out within a month after adoption that the cat has heart problems. Lori was devastated. She has now also found out that her six year old Doberman has HCM. Lori's family loves animals of all kinds. They have two Dobermans, 2 Persians with one being 14 years old and three horses.
Lori and her daughter had come the night before picking up Orchid to spend time with Orchid so she could get use to them. They were very thoughtful and brought a stuffed white lamb for Orchid. You can see our YouTube video on what transpired with the lamb. I know that Lori has a warm and kind heart. When I first met her, it felt like I had known her for a long time. As for Orchid ... well ... she had just taken over the Pierce household. They play hard in the morning with Orchid racing up and down the hall with her toys. Lori has called several times since Orchid has left the Cattery. She called during the long trip home to Pennsylvania and also this past Saturday. Here are Lori's text messages on how Orchid is adjusting to her new family. You will see the humor in them.
July 31, 2014:
"Bella's vet visit went great. She was quiet all night we played hard this morning now napping all is well!!!!"
August 1, 2014:
"I had a great night sleeping with my baby she is soooo good"
August 4, 2014:
"Bella is on top of the dog's crate swatting at their heads. She is such a stinker no fear thanks God the dogs are good.:-)"
August 5, 2014:
"Bella is such a stinker I think she thinks she owns the place. She has no
fear and is an early riser she is so funny I forgot how silly kittens are.
She made me so mad. My husband came home and when he came to bed she left me and stretched out next to him with her head on his side. She's such a suck up lol. He thinks she's a sweetie"
August 6, 2014 Via Facebook:
"I would like to thank Susan Youngman of Victorian Gardens for the wonderful job she has done with her cattery. The kitten we just purchased is very healthy, social, playful and an overall joy. Our experience buying Bella, Black Orchid, was great! Bella is the love of our family and has already brought so much joy to our home. She is constantly making us laugh with her silliness.
Bella has adjusted to her new home extremely well in fact I think she has taken over the place. She is a very brave little thing. She loves exploring the house from one end to the other without even giving it a thought that maybe she should be cautious, lol. She loves teasing the dogs from the cracks behind closed doors, If only I had a video of that. The Dobermans are totally enthralled with her. Bella is constantly getting kisses from the dogs and she doesn't mind.. it.
Bella sleeps with us every night and is great until 5 or 5:30 then she thinks it's time to play. I awake with my face being tickled with whiskers and a little meowwwww saying it's time to play!!! Usually I can get her to sleep a little longer when I give her the lamb she loves to nurse on. I have learned to take one of her toys to bed with me at night so when she wakes me up I can play with her and I don't even have to get out of bed.
Bella's favorite toy is the Cat Dancer, she absolutely loves it. She will go and sit on top of it and look at me so I will play with her. Even when we are playing with something else she will stop and go over to the Cat Dancer and sit on it. She is one smart little girl.
We are totally thrilled with our new addition to our family and we thank Susan again for helping to bring this joy into our home."
NOAH AND HIS NEW FAMILY
August 4, 2014
This past Wednesday, July 30th, our sweetie Noah, went to live with his new family, Carolyn and Michael in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Noah was a Diamond and Willie baby. He is a Black Persian. I always referred to Noah as my cry baby. As soon as you would walk in the room, he would run up to you and start crying wanting to be held and loved or wanting his food (either formula or wet food). He loved his wet food and refused to wean on to the dry food. And then one day on our camping trip, he did a 360 and started eating dry. When this happened, his weight gain was tremendous. He no longer cried for food and ran around crazy with his siblings. From what I have hear from his family, he just hasn't stopped the huge intake of Young Again dry food. He had almost reached the weight of his brother, Moses, before he left here. They are going to be big boys.
Noah is definitely going to be a lap kitten. He loves to knead dough, suck on a blanket and give kisses and cuddle. That is exactly what Carolyn was wanting ... a lap kitten.
Carolyn and Michael are no strangers to Persians and Himalayans. For the last 16 years, they have had two Persians in their home. There one Persian died in 2011 at the age of 13. Just recently in May of this year, they loss their Latte, a Seal Point Himalayan, at age 13 to PKD. They now have a very beautiful shaded Golden Doll Face Persian named Cleo who is 3 years old. You can read below to see how Cleo is adjusting to having a new brother in the house.
Here is what Carolyn has to say about Noah and how he is adjusting to his new life with this family:
July 30, 2014:
"We arrived home safely and have just finished playing with Noah. When we left your house, Noah cried for few minutes and then fell asleep and slept all the way home. We left him in the carrier for a few minutes when we got home so that Cleo could have a sniff. Rather than being confrontational, she seemed quite fearful - maybe too many strange cat smells??
Anyway, I then set Noah up in his bathroom. He had a few sips of water and then climbed in his bed for another nap. " Oh my, it was a very tiring day", he said. We then went off to the kitchen for dinner. After dinner, we went to check up on him - with toys & camera in hand. I think we woke him up but he was happy to see his toys, especially the Boink and the spring. He then proceeded to eat and eat and eat. Then he played and played. We just left him to take a rest. I think we need one, too!
It was so nice to meet you and all the other kitties. We are crazy about Noah. He is the perfect kitty for us."
July 31, 2014:
"Hi Susan, he is doing great today - eats like a little piggy! Wow! He wants to climb in my lap, wants to be rubbed. He slept great overnight - me, too!Cleo does not like him at all. She seems appalled, like what did you do!! When I bring him out to introduce them - she runs upstairs. She is feeling very insecure. I guess this will take some time. Too bad, because he is ready to explore rest of house.Will keep you posted. Carolyn"
August 1, 2014:
"He is doing great! I have expanded his space to include the sewing room and he is very happy exploring and playing. Both Mike & I go in to spend quality time with him. He doesn't seem to be lonely - he is eating lots and yesterday made a great BIG poop. His food arrived yesterday and I gave him the Little Bites although he seems to prefer the bigger stuff. I think I will just mix the two and hope that he eats the little bites also - just so it doesn't go to waste.Cleo is still really stressed but I decided to just relax and wait for things to happen. Maybe I will bring one of Noah's blankets into her space, so that she starts to get used to his smell.He is such a darling - cuddly and playful - and very happy!"
August 4, 2014:
"Noah is doing very well. He is growing like a weed. I swear that he is visibly bigger everyday and getting so much more adventurous. I had dinner guests this weekend and he just marched around like he owned the house. Cleo was upstairs. She has become very territorial about the bed - our bed! However, she and Noah have interacted for brief periods. The first time I brought him out to play, she just followed him around - at a distance of about 3 feet. She seems curious about him - doesn't seem able to figure out 'what he is and why he is in her house'. I am introducing them in 15 minute periods. Then I take Noah back to his room where we play and cuddle. He has lots of toys (I got him a tunnel and 2 cubbies) and he loves his kitty condo. At first, he could not get up on the top shelf, so we moved it near the sofa. Now he climbs right up and spends his time at the top. He is eating well, using his litter box and doing very cute kitten things! Michael adores him."
August 4, 2014
This past Wednesday, July 30th, our sweetie Noah, went to live with his new family, Carolyn and Michael in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Noah was a Diamond and Willie baby. He is a Black Persian. I always referred to Noah as my cry baby. As soon as you would walk in the room, he would run up to you and start crying wanting to be held and loved or wanting his food (either formula or wet food). He loved his wet food and refused to wean on to the dry food. And then one day on our camping trip, he did a 360 and started eating dry. When this happened, his weight gain was tremendous. He no longer cried for food and ran around crazy with his siblings. From what I have hear from his family, he just hasn't stopped the huge intake of Young Again dry food. He had almost reached the weight of his brother, Moses, before he left here. They are going to be big boys.
Noah is definitely going to be a lap kitten. He loves to knead dough, suck on a blanket and give kisses and cuddle. That is exactly what Carolyn was wanting ... a lap kitten.
Carolyn and Michael are no strangers to Persians and Himalayans. For the last 16 years, they have had two Persians in their home. There one Persian died in 2011 at the age of 13. Just recently in May of this year, they loss their Latte, a Seal Point Himalayan, at age 13 to PKD. They now have a very beautiful shaded Golden Doll Face Persian named Cleo who is 3 years old. You can read below to see how Cleo is adjusting to having a new brother in the house.
Here is what Carolyn has to say about Noah and how he is adjusting to his new life with this family:
July 30, 2014:
"We arrived home safely and have just finished playing with Noah. When we left your house, Noah cried for few minutes and then fell asleep and slept all the way home. We left him in the carrier for a few minutes when we got home so that Cleo could have a sniff. Rather than being confrontational, she seemed quite fearful - maybe too many strange cat smells??
Anyway, I then set Noah up in his bathroom. He had a few sips of water and then climbed in his bed for another nap. " Oh my, it was a very tiring day", he said. We then went off to the kitchen for dinner. After dinner, we went to check up on him - with toys & camera in hand. I think we woke him up but he was happy to see his toys, especially the Boink and the spring. He then proceeded to eat and eat and eat. Then he played and played. We just left him to take a rest. I think we need one, too!
It was so nice to meet you and all the other kitties. We are crazy about Noah. He is the perfect kitty for us."
July 31, 2014:
"Hi Susan, he is doing great today - eats like a little piggy! Wow! He wants to climb in my lap, wants to be rubbed. He slept great overnight - me, too!Cleo does not like him at all. She seems appalled, like what did you do!! When I bring him out to introduce them - she runs upstairs. She is feeling very insecure. I guess this will take some time. Too bad, because he is ready to explore rest of house.Will keep you posted. Carolyn"
August 1, 2014:
"He is doing great! I have expanded his space to include the sewing room and he is very happy exploring and playing. Both Mike & I go in to spend quality time with him. He doesn't seem to be lonely - he is eating lots and yesterday made a great BIG poop. His food arrived yesterday and I gave him the Little Bites although he seems to prefer the bigger stuff. I think I will just mix the two and hope that he eats the little bites also - just so it doesn't go to waste.Cleo is still really stressed but I decided to just relax and wait for things to happen. Maybe I will bring one of Noah's blankets into her space, so that she starts to get used to his smell.He is such a darling - cuddly and playful - and very happy!"
August 4, 2014:
"Noah is doing very well. He is growing like a weed. I swear that he is visibly bigger everyday and getting so much more adventurous. I had dinner guests this weekend and he just marched around like he owned the house. Cleo was upstairs. She has become very territorial about the bed - our bed! However, she and Noah have interacted for brief periods. The first time I brought him out to play, she just followed him around - at a distance of about 3 feet. She seems curious about him - doesn't seem able to figure out 'what he is and why he is in her house'. I am introducing them in 15 minute periods. Then I take Noah back to his room where we play and cuddle. He has lots of toys (I got him a tunnel and 2 cubbies) and he loves his kitty condo. At first, he could not get up on the top shelf, so we moved it near the sofa. Now he climbs right up and spends his time at the top. He is eating well, using his litter box and doing very cute kitten things! Michael adores him."
Tylney and Cadbury
August 3, 2014
In honor of Neil Fenton's birthday today, we are blogging about his and Angela's two babies, Tylney and Cadbury. Tylney and Cadbury are from Primrose and Willie's rare litter of all Tortoiseshell girls. Both girls are rare Chocolate Tortoiseshells. From the pictures that Neil and Angela have sent in, their rare chocolate tortoiseshell coloring is really showing strong. Enjoy the Slide Show of the girls.
Happy Birthday Neil from the entire Victorian Gardens Cattery gang.
Enjoy reading the updates that Angela and Neil have sent in.
July 3, 2014
"The girls definitely let us kiss and snuggle our noses into their fur! Sometimes we hug them both at the same time. Hopefully, when they get bigger they will still let us do this! I love touching their little paws. So cute. They really are perfect. This morning they were playing with each other under the bathroom door that was ajar and poking each other; so funny!"
July 17, 2014
"Tylney & Cadbury slept with us last night (they probably left in the middle of the night and then returned). They are just so sweet. We love talking to them and definitely provide a lot of stimulation and play. They love looking outside at the birds too!"
July 27, 2014
"They are so beautiful and so soft!!
My family loves them. They cannot believe how social and playful they are. They never hide when we have family over and they follow us all around and stay right in the middle of the conversations. It's so cute!! They see how intelligent they are. We all played for hours today. My family love the climbing structure too. They are truly unique and special in so many ways and it is so apparent for family and friends to see as they are not like "ordinary" cats. They also see their bond, which is so special. We just had a fun day showing them off and I could tell that Tylney and Cadbury also felt proud. They definitely know how special they are!! We tell them all the time.
They are going to be tired tonight from all of the action!!"
August 3, 2014
In honor of Neil Fenton's birthday today, we are blogging about his and Angela's two babies, Tylney and Cadbury. Tylney and Cadbury are from Primrose and Willie's rare litter of all Tortoiseshell girls. Both girls are rare Chocolate Tortoiseshells. From the pictures that Neil and Angela have sent in, their rare chocolate tortoiseshell coloring is really showing strong. Enjoy the Slide Show of the girls.
Happy Birthday Neil from the entire Victorian Gardens Cattery gang.
Enjoy reading the updates that Angela and Neil have sent in.
July 3, 2014
"The girls definitely let us kiss and snuggle our noses into their fur! Sometimes we hug them both at the same time. Hopefully, when they get bigger they will still let us do this! I love touching their little paws. So cute. They really are perfect. This morning they were playing with each other under the bathroom door that was ajar and poking each other; so funny!"
July 17, 2014
"Tylney & Cadbury slept with us last night (they probably left in the middle of the night and then returned). They are just so sweet. We love talking to them and definitely provide a lot of stimulation and play. They love looking outside at the birds too!"
July 27, 2014
"They are so beautiful and so soft!!
My family loves them. They cannot believe how social and playful they are. They never hide when we have family over and they follow us all around and stay right in the middle of the conversations. It's so cute!! They see how intelligent they are. We all played for hours today. My family love the climbing structure too. They are truly unique and special in so many ways and it is so apparent for family and friends to see as they are not like "ordinary" cats. They also see their bond, which is so special. We just had a fun day showing them off and I could tell that Tylney and Cadbury also felt proud. They definitely know how special they are!! We tell them all the time.
They are going to be tired tonight from all of the action!!"
Lord Camelot the First
August 2, 2014
Lord Camelot the First is a beautiful full coated extreme face Black Persian male. He is now 5 years old. He was one of our foundation Sires and retired after having three litters with our girls, Petunia and Primrose. Lord Camelot never lived at the Cattery but always resided with Tommy Wynne. Those were the days when the boys were with Tommy and the girls could free roam throughout the Cattery. Those days are now gone since we have three whole males and one Teaser Tom all under our roof. We are cage free but have put up screen doors to our Cattery rooms to keep the boys from having too much fun with the girls. Camelot was shown in CFA shows back in 2010 by Tommy. He obtained his Championship in those shows. Now he lives a quiet life with Petunia Lilymae, Lord Chesterfield the First and their new puppy, Sweet William. The most distinguishing feature about Camelot is that he is a tried and true lap cat. Many of you have been privileged to experience Camelot's lap cat personality through an offspring of his. Camelot is the father of Peony and Pansy. Both girls have given us some wonderful and true lap kittens. Tommy says that Camelot loves to sit on his lap. Now that Petunia and Sweet William have joined the household, they all vibe for the opportunity to sit on Tommy's lap. Camelot loves looking out the window and watching the birds and squirrels in the window. Tommy put up a shelf right under the window so they could watch for hours. We want to thank Tommy for providing us of a very recent picture of Camelot.
August 2, 2014
Lord Camelot the First is a beautiful full coated extreme face Black Persian male. He is now 5 years old. He was one of our foundation Sires and retired after having three litters with our girls, Petunia and Primrose. Lord Camelot never lived at the Cattery but always resided with Tommy Wynne. Those were the days when the boys were with Tommy and the girls could free roam throughout the Cattery. Those days are now gone since we have three whole males and one Teaser Tom all under our roof. We are cage free but have put up screen doors to our Cattery rooms to keep the boys from having too much fun with the girls. Camelot was shown in CFA shows back in 2010 by Tommy. He obtained his Championship in those shows. Now he lives a quiet life with Petunia Lilymae, Lord Chesterfield the First and their new puppy, Sweet William. The most distinguishing feature about Camelot is that he is a tried and true lap cat. Many of you have been privileged to experience Camelot's lap cat personality through an offspring of his. Camelot is the father of Peony and Pansy. Both girls have given us some wonderful and true lap kittens. Tommy says that Camelot loves to sit on his lap. Now that Petunia and Sweet William have joined the household, they all vibe for the opportunity to sit on Tommy's lap. Camelot loves looking out the window and watching the birds and squirrels in the window. Tommy put up a shelf right under the window so they could watch for hours. We want to thank Tommy for providing us of a very recent picture of Camelot.
Petunia Lilymae, a Doll Face Cream Point HImalayan
Annual Adoptive Parent Appreciation Month
Petunia Lilymae
August 1, 2014
Today starts our month long Annual Adoptive Parent Appreciation Month. Our Cattery has been blessed with some fantastic parents. This is the month that is set aside to blog each day (hopefully) about a past kitten or cat that was adopted from our Cattery. Parents send in their stories, photos and sometimes videos. It is a time for us to catch up on how siblings from litters are doing and what they look like as they grow up. It is also our Cattery's way of saying thank you for the love and care our parents have provided to our babies.
We start off our first day blogging about Petunia Lilymae. She is a Doll Face Cream Point Himalayan. She was our first foundation Dam. She had three litters before she was retired. She started motherhood when she was over 2 years old. She is behind the lines of Primrose, Peony and Pansy. They are what I call my girl's line which I refer to a lot. She lives with Tommy Wynne in Tarboro, North Carolina. Tommy says she loves to play with Sweet William, a black Mauzer puppy, that Tommy got this spring. She loves to chase William and lick William just like he was one of her babies. William likes to chase her too. They have fun together. She also lives with Lord Chesterfield the First, a Red and White Persian, who is one of our retired breeders, as well as, Lord Camelot the First, a Black Persian. Tommy says her favorite place is in the bathroom sink. She and Camelot both want the sink and race to claim it. He recently sent us a photo of her in the sink. I think he woke her up for the photo. He says she loves to sleep on his chest at night. I too remember that about Petunia. Petunia is now 8 years old and going strong. It is nice to her that she still loves to chase and play. Thank you Tommy for letting us catch up with Petunia.
Petunia Lilymae
August 1, 2014
Today starts our month long Annual Adoptive Parent Appreciation Month. Our Cattery has been blessed with some fantastic parents. This is the month that is set aside to blog each day (hopefully) about a past kitten or cat that was adopted from our Cattery. Parents send in their stories, photos and sometimes videos. It is a time for us to catch up on how siblings from litters are doing and what they look like as they grow up. It is also our Cattery's way of saying thank you for the love and care our parents have provided to our babies.
We start off our first day blogging about Petunia Lilymae. She is a Doll Face Cream Point Himalayan. She was our first foundation Dam. She had three litters before she was retired. She started motherhood when she was over 2 years old. She is behind the lines of Primrose, Peony and Pansy. They are what I call my girl's line which I refer to a lot. She lives with Tommy Wynne in Tarboro, North Carolina. Tommy says she loves to play with Sweet William, a black Mauzer puppy, that Tommy got this spring. She loves to chase William and lick William just like he was one of her babies. William likes to chase her too. They have fun together. She also lives with Lord Chesterfield the First, a Red and White Persian, who is one of our retired breeders, as well as, Lord Camelot the First, a Black Persian. Tommy says her favorite place is in the bathroom sink. She and Camelot both want the sink and race to claim it. He recently sent us a photo of her in the sink. I think he woke her up for the photo. He says she loves to sleep on his chest at night. I too remember that about Petunia. Petunia is now 8 years old and going strong. It is nice to her that she still loves to chase and play. Thank you Tommy for letting us catch up with Petunia.
VICTORIAN CARRIAGE PHOTO SHOOT
DIAMOND AND WILLIE'S 12 1/2 WEEK OLD KITTENS
Taken July 26, 2014
Please click on the picture below to be taken to the photo shoot.
Moses Nursing On A Lamb Video
July 29, 2014
Watch this adorable 13 week old Black Persian kitten named Moses, nursing on a stuffed white lamb. Moses loves to knead dough on fur blankets but one of our new families brought a stuffed white lamb for their new baby, Orchid. It didn't take any time for Moses to love her lamb. You can see more of Moses and Orchid in Diamond's Nursery 2014. Moses and Orchid are from a litter of four all Black Persians. Enjoy. It really is precious.
http://youtu.be/Rcx99yOS7Hg
Diamond's Kittens
July 27, 2014
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that all kittens have been reserved from Diamond's litter. So if you are on the Priority Wait List but did not receive an email about it being your time to pick or pass, it is because the last kitten was reserved before we got to your name. But do not worry, I know of at least one mother, Diamond, who is expecting her babies at the end of August by my specially sweet boy, Little Miracle. I hope that they both bless this Cattery with our first solid Chocolate Persian kittens. There will be no Himis in this litter since Diamond is not a CPC. The kittens will either be chocolates or blacks and all CPC Persians. We are suppose to have some bicolors like black and white or chocolate and white. So far, those statistics have not worked out. Now if Miracle and Diamond are both dilute carriers (need to DNA to find out), we may be surprised with some creams, blues and lilacs. We will just have a little while longer to wait. Here is to hoping they both are dilute carriers. Diamond's babies will start leaving for their new homes on Wednesday, with one kitten being picked up on Saturday. Stay tuned to find out who picked who.
We were delayed in getting their Victorian Carriage Photo Shoot but they are heading to the bath now.
We have been very busy working on our new large Pregnancy Room. Mommy here needed to start getting a good night's rest and it was very hard with Diamond, Hydrangea and Buttercup wanting to play all night long. Four of the girls, Diamond, Pansy, Rose and Hydrangea are all in the Pregnancy Room. Primrose wanted to be in my room with Buttercup. We put vinyl over the unsealed Heart Pine Floors of the new Pregnancy Room to protect them. We still want to paint the walls but will have to take the girls out of the room during that time so we may just wait on the paint job. Hopefully we can get a video of our new Pregnancy Room within the next week. It is nothing fancy but is clean and simple and will provide us the space for several toddling litters if the Toddler Room is being used by an older litter. It can also be used as a Nursery since there is a small bathroom and the room itself is large. It sits right above the present Toddler Room. The girls can watch from the bay windows all the happenings outside since the bay windows have a built in bench they can sit on. One thing that is really important for us in a Toddler Room is to have things lower to the ground so the mothers are not jumping high when they are pregnant. So stay tuned for the reveal.
July 27, 2014
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that all kittens have been reserved from Diamond's litter. So if you are on the Priority Wait List but did not receive an email about it being your time to pick or pass, it is because the last kitten was reserved before we got to your name. But do not worry, I know of at least one mother, Diamond, who is expecting her babies at the end of August by my specially sweet boy, Little Miracle. I hope that they both bless this Cattery with our first solid Chocolate Persian kittens. There will be no Himis in this litter since Diamond is not a CPC. The kittens will either be chocolates or blacks and all CPC Persians. We are suppose to have some bicolors like black and white or chocolate and white. So far, those statistics have not worked out. Now if Miracle and Diamond are both dilute carriers (need to DNA to find out), we may be surprised with some creams, blues and lilacs. We will just have a little while longer to wait. Here is to hoping they both are dilute carriers. Diamond's babies will start leaving for their new homes on Wednesday, with one kitten being picked up on Saturday. Stay tuned to find out who picked who.
We were delayed in getting their Victorian Carriage Photo Shoot but they are heading to the bath now.
We have been very busy working on our new large Pregnancy Room. Mommy here needed to start getting a good night's rest and it was very hard with Diamond, Hydrangea and Buttercup wanting to play all night long. Four of the girls, Diamond, Pansy, Rose and Hydrangea are all in the Pregnancy Room. Primrose wanted to be in my room with Buttercup. We put vinyl over the unsealed Heart Pine Floors of the new Pregnancy Room to protect them. We still want to paint the walls but will have to take the girls out of the room during that time so we may just wait on the paint job. Hopefully we can get a video of our new Pregnancy Room within the next week. It is nothing fancy but is clean and simple and will provide us the space for several toddling litters if the Toddler Room is being used by an older litter. It can also be used as a Nursery since there is a small bathroom and the room itself is large. It sits right above the present Toddler Room. The girls can watch from the bay windows all the happenings outside since the bay windows have a built in bench they can sit on. One thing that is really important for us in a Toddler Room is to have things lower to the ground so the mothers are not jumping high when they are pregnant. So stay tuned for the reveal.
Lord Chesterfield the First
July 26, 2014
Lord Chesterfield the First, known lovely as Chester, was our first foundation sire. He is a Red and White Extreme Face Persian. He is very solid and heavy boned with beautiful copper eyes. Chester has that cotton coat going so families will know who is responsible for it. He sired our first litter at our Cattery back in August 2009. He only sired that one litter but that litter gave us The Perfect Calla Lily, The Perfect Primrose and The Perfect Buttercup. Buttercup is my forever kitten and Primrose you all know. Lily is loved by her family, Heather Austin and her two girls, and is frequently tagged on our Facebook in photos. Primrose has a lot of Chester's personality. Chester loves to be petted and loved but is not a lap cat, though Tommy says he is starting to enjoy being petted on a lap. I am starting to think the red gene is part of that personality. This is where Primrose got her Red Gene from. Primrose is a Cream Persian. Chester lives with our other retired Sire, Lord Camelot the First (a Black Extreme Faced Persian LAP CAT) and our retired foundation dam, Petunia Lilymae. They all love each other and get along great. They all live in Tarboro, North Carolina with their father, Tommy Wynne. He adores the Persian and Himalayan breed and his babies. He comes by to see most of the new litters and spends time playing with them. Earlier this year, he got his first small puppy companion named Sweet William. They are truly bonded. Sweet William loves playing with all three cats. As you can see in this picture, Chester stole William's bed for a little nap. Not but a little while longer and William jumped in right beside him. We will be seeing more pictures of Camelot, Chester and Petunia as Tommy, their father, just got a state of the art cell phone that takes nice videos and pictures. Chester and Camelot are scheduled for their first HCM ultrascan at The Sound Cat on August 8th as well as Petunia having her second ultrascan. Chester will turn 7 years old in October and Camelot is 5 years old. Petunia Lily Mae is now a whopping 8 years old. Her last HCM scan was done when she was almost 6 years old. Dr. Williams at that time made mention that Petunia has a very strong and healthy heart for her age. We are praying that we get wonderful results back from the HCM scans on these retired breeders. We wanted to get them tested to just ease our minds. Their offspring has brought joy to so many families. We want to thank Tommy for providing of all with this updated photo of Chester and we look forward to many more.
July 26, 2014
Lord Chesterfield the First, known lovely as Chester, was our first foundation sire. He is a Red and White Extreme Face Persian. He is very solid and heavy boned with beautiful copper eyes. Chester has that cotton coat going so families will know who is responsible for it. He sired our first litter at our Cattery back in August 2009. He only sired that one litter but that litter gave us The Perfect Calla Lily, The Perfect Primrose and The Perfect Buttercup. Buttercup is my forever kitten and Primrose you all know. Lily is loved by her family, Heather Austin and her two girls, and is frequently tagged on our Facebook in photos. Primrose has a lot of Chester's personality. Chester loves to be petted and loved but is not a lap cat, though Tommy says he is starting to enjoy being petted on a lap. I am starting to think the red gene is part of that personality. This is where Primrose got her Red Gene from. Primrose is a Cream Persian. Chester lives with our other retired Sire, Lord Camelot the First (a Black Extreme Faced Persian LAP CAT) and our retired foundation dam, Petunia Lilymae. They all love each other and get along great. They all live in Tarboro, North Carolina with their father, Tommy Wynne. He adores the Persian and Himalayan breed and his babies. He comes by to see most of the new litters and spends time playing with them. Earlier this year, he got his first small puppy companion named Sweet William. They are truly bonded. Sweet William loves playing with all three cats. As you can see in this picture, Chester stole William's bed for a little nap. Not but a little while longer and William jumped in right beside him. We will be seeing more pictures of Camelot, Chester and Petunia as Tommy, their father, just got a state of the art cell phone that takes nice videos and pictures. Chester and Camelot are scheduled for their first HCM ultrascan at The Sound Cat on August 8th as well as Petunia having her second ultrascan. Chester will turn 7 years old in October and Camelot is 5 years old. Petunia Lily Mae is now a whopping 8 years old. Her last HCM scan was done when she was almost 6 years old. Dr. Williams at that time made mention that Petunia has a very strong and healthy heart for her age. We are praying that we get wonderful results back from the HCM scans on these retired breeders. We wanted to get them tested to just ease our minds. Their offspring has brought joy to so many families. We want to thank Tommy for providing of all with this updated photo of Chester and we look forward to many more.
Updated Kitten Care Kit
July 22, 2014
Today Diamond's kittens helped me get together their Kitten Care Kits that they will be bring home to their new families. They were great helpers. LOL. These are definitely Willie's babies since they want to be with you all the time and help. One toy fall on the ground and they were all off and running after it. So much for that toy going home. We have made some good changes to our Kitten Care Kit today. The toys the kittens will be going home with will be a large play wand, a Boinks Toy, a wide Spring toy and one new toy from our Toy Box. We thought it was very important to give these kittens their favorite toys which has been the Boinks, Springs and Wand. So in total, the kittens are getting four toys for their new home. Our Kitten Care Kit is always being updated with better items for our kittens. In addition this year, we added a sample of the Young Again Yum treats.
We are currently going down our Wait List for the picks of Diamond's litter. We are at the half way mark on the Wait List currently. We give our families about 2 days to make the decision to either pick or pass to another litter. So far, our "love to nurse" boy named Moses has been picked by the Ciochina family. He loves to nurse on his sister, brothers, me. Usually it happens around the start of nap time. So Ciochina family, you may want to get him a cuddle blanket that he can nurse on or knead dough on. He will be leaving the Cattery on August 2nd. If there are any kittens not picked through our Wait List, they will be placed on the Available Kittens page.
Tomorrow the kittens turn 12 weeks old and get their second 4 in 1 with Leukemia shot. Later in the week, we will be doing the traditional Victorian Carriage Shoot with these babies. Time with them has just flown by. I am so thankful that we had the camping trip together and that they had that experience. It will help with the transition to their new home.
July 22, 2014
Today Diamond's kittens helped me get together their Kitten Care Kits that they will be bring home to their new families. They were great helpers. LOL. These are definitely Willie's babies since they want to be with you all the time and help. One toy fall on the ground and they were all off and running after it. So much for that toy going home. We have made some good changes to our Kitten Care Kit today. The toys the kittens will be going home with will be a large play wand, a Boinks Toy, a wide Spring toy and one new toy from our Toy Box. We thought it was very important to give these kittens their favorite toys which has been the Boinks, Springs and Wand. So in total, the kittens are getting four toys for their new home. Our Kitten Care Kit is always being updated with better items for our kittens. In addition this year, we added a sample of the Young Again Yum treats.
We are currently going down our Wait List for the picks of Diamond's litter. We are at the half way mark on the Wait List currently. We give our families about 2 days to make the decision to either pick or pass to another litter. So far, our "love to nurse" boy named Moses has been picked by the Ciochina family. He loves to nurse on his sister, brothers, me. Usually it happens around the start of nap time. So Ciochina family, you may want to get him a cuddle blanket that he can nurse on or knead dough on. He will be leaving the Cattery on August 2nd. If there are any kittens not picked through our Wait List, they will be placed on the Available Kittens page.
Tomorrow the kittens turn 12 weeks old and get their second 4 in 1 with Leukemia shot. Later in the week, we will be doing the traditional Victorian Carriage Shoot with these babies. Time with them has just flown by. I am so thankful that we had the camping trip together and that they had that experience. It will help with the transition to their new home.
L'il Toy Drum
July 21, 2014
Well, we finally saw L'il Toy Drum mate Rose today. Rose is having a silent heat. We were not sure if she was in heat until Toy mated her. Toy came to us in late February of this year from Stepp'nstone Cattery in Canada. Since his arrival, he has not been interested in mating at all. So to our great joy today, we witnessed him mating Rose. He has been in with Rose, Hydrangea and Primrose for quite some time. He is four years old. He has been through a lot in his four years before arriving at our Cattery. He is finally safe and being well cared for at our Cattery. He is a blue and white bicolor Persian, carrying the Chocolate gene. He has very large eyes and smaller ears which will benefit my girl's line. We think his nose is too extreme but, matched with my girl's line, his offspring's nose should be just about perfect, not too long and not too extreme. He is very gentle and a sweet boy, almost on the sensitive/timid side. We think his personality with benefit our girl's line also. We will put him on our Sires page as soon as we can confirm a pregnancy. He was HCM scanned at The Sound Cat in late February of this year and found to be negative of HCM at the time of the scan. We like to get older Sires since the possiblity of HCM showing up is better. His pedigree does not look like it has the tale tell signs that I see in a HCM cat's pedigree. The pictures of Toy are from when he first arrived at our Cattery. His coat was in bad condition, via a horrible chop job from the prior breeder, even as we took these pictures. We shaved him down about a month ago and his coat is coming in nice, even and thick. He has toned up since he came. He should be able to produce our first lilacs with our chocolate and dilute carrier girls.
July 21, 2014
Well, we finally saw L'il Toy Drum mate Rose today. Rose is having a silent heat. We were not sure if she was in heat until Toy mated her. Toy came to us in late February of this year from Stepp'nstone Cattery in Canada. Since his arrival, he has not been interested in mating at all. So to our great joy today, we witnessed him mating Rose. He has been in with Rose, Hydrangea and Primrose for quite some time. He is four years old. He has been through a lot in his four years before arriving at our Cattery. He is finally safe and being well cared for at our Cattery. He is a blue and white bicolor Persian, carrying the Chocolate gene. He has very large eyes and smaller ears which will benefit my girl's line. We think his nose is too extreme but, matched with my girl's line, his offspring's nose should be just about perfect, not too long and not too extreme. He is very gentle and a sweet boy, almost on the sensitive/timid side. We think his personality with benefit our girl's line also. We will put him on our Sires page as soon as we can confirm a pregnancy. He was HCM scanned at The Sound Cat in late February of this year and found to be negative of HCM at the time of the scan. We like to get older Sires since the possiblity of HCM showing up is better. His pedigree does not look like it has the tale tell signs that I see in a HCM cat's pedigree. The pictures of Toy are from when he first arrived at our Cattery. His coat was in bad condition, via a horrible chop job from the prior breeder, even as we took these pictures. We shaved him down about a month ago and his coat is coming in nice, even and thick. He has toned up since he came. He should be able to produce our first lilacs with our chocolate and dilute carrier girls.
Diamond's Rambunctious Kitten's Video
July 18, 2014
Yesterday was a big day for Diamond's kittens. They had their first Veterinarian Health Checkup at Cottage Animal Clinic. It is about a 50 minute drive from the Cattery. The kittens were angels in the car and went right off to sleep in the playpen in the back section of the SUV. They were perfect angels at the Vet. Dr. Manning gave them a clean bill of health. He is so impressed with the kittens that Willie Wonka has been producing.
Yesterday we also taped a new video of Diamond and Willie's 11 week old very rambunctious kittens as they were tearing through the Toddler Room. About a month ago, I was finally able to tell the four black Persian kittens apart. They are all love pies with the two boys being kissers. You have already seen Black Velvet Petunia modeling for Southern Charm. Have fun seeing these kittens playing up close and personal. Today we start the picks from the Priority Wait List for these kittens. It may take a week or more to go through the List. After the list has been gone through, any remaining kittens will be placed on our Available Kittens page. Just click on the link to go directly to the YouTube Video. Don't forget to "like" the video if you please. Enjoy!
http://youtu.be/umHjhQBtLRU
July 18, 2014
Yesterday was a big day for Diamond's kittens. They had their first Veterinarian Health Checkup at Cottage Animal Clinic. It is about a 50 minute drive from the Cattery. The kittens were angels in the car and went right off to sleep in the playpen in the back section of the SUV. They were perfect angels at the Vet. Dr. Manning gave them a clean bill of health. He is so impressed with the kittens that Willie Wonka has been producing.
Yesterday we also taped a new video of Diamond and Willie's 11 week old very rambunctious kittens as they were tearing through the Toddler Room. About a month ago, I was finally able to tell the four black Persian kittens apart. They are all love pies with the two boys being kissers. You have already seen Black Velvet Petunia modeling for Southern Charm. Have fun seeing these kittens playing up close and personal. Today we start the picks from the Priority Wait List for these kittens. It may take a week or more to go through the List. After the list has been gone through, any remaining kittens will be placed on our Available Kittens page. Just click on the link to go directly to the YouTube Video. Don't forget to "like" the video if you please. Enjoy!
http://youtu.be/umHjhQBtLRU
Victoriangdn The Perfect Buttercup modeling a Cinderella creation by Southern Charm by Veronica.
Southern Charm's Fashion Show
July 16, 2014
The girls of Victorian Gardens Cattery would like to personally invite you to the Southern Charms by Veronica Fashion Show now available on our website. The models wearing Veronica's newest creations include The Perfect Buttercup, The Perfect Rose, Chocolate Hollyhock and Black Velvet Petunia. Many of you have not seen Buttercup in a while. She is turning 5 years old in August. Her sister is Primrose and her mother is our foundation dam, Petunia. She is still a sweetie pie and as impish as ever. There are some very intellectual brains behind those beautiful blue eyes. Buttercups information can be found on the 2009 Adoptive Kittens Page.
If interested in any of the Southern Charm creations that Veronica made, you can contact her by email or via Facebook. We think the outfits are wonderful and we want to thank her for letting our girls model her creations. Enjoy the fashion show. Just click on the picture above to be taken to it.
July 16, 2014
The girls of Victorian Gardens Cattery would like to personally invite you to the Southern Charms by Veronica Fashion Show now available on our website. The models wearing Veronica's newest creations include The Perfect Buttercup, The Perfect Rose, Chocolate Hollyhock and Black Velvet Petunia. Many of you have not seen Buttercup in a while. She is turning 5 years old in August. Her sister is Primrose and her mother is our foundation dam, Petunia. She is still a sweetie pie and as impish as ever. There are some very intellectual brains behind those beautiful blue eyes. Buttercups information can be found on the 2009 Adoptive Kittens Page.
If interested in any of the Southern Charm creations that Veronica made, you can contact her by email or via Facebook. We think the outfits are wonderful and we want to thank her for letting our girls model her creations. Enjoy the fashion show. Just click on the picture above to be taken to it.
Noah, stopping for a potty break on our way up to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
Cattery Updates
July 14, 2014
Well, Diamond, Diamond's babies, Hollyhock and I just got back from a week long camping trip to Stone Mountain, North Carolina. It was a wonderful time away to refresh and enjoy some great and wonderful scenery in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The babies were running from one end of the 34' RV to the other, having a ball. I always like to take the new litters on a camping trip after their first set of shots whenever I can. The last two litters did not go camping unfortunately. What I have found is that taking them out of their environment and putting them in a new one for a week or even a few days really helps them when it comes time for them to go to their new homes. It gets them use to riding in a car and a change of environment. In the case of this litter, it helped our Noah to finally get off wet food and start eating dry food. What a relief. I never thought I would see that day come. In a way, you could say, the litter grew up in that week. I have attached a picture of Noah on a potty break during the 3 hour car ride to the first State Park. He loved looking out at the scenery when he was taking a break from the carrier. He really is a sweetie. Last Sunday, the Ciochina family meet us up at Stone Mountain. They have been on the Priority Wait List since last year waiting for an extreme face boy. Diamond produced two boys that meet that requirement. The family spent some time playing with the babies. They meet us as we pulled in to Stone Mountain State Park so the babies were tired and also were getting use to their new environment in the RV. Probably not the perfect timing but we were glad the family had an opportunity to see and play with the boys. We even had fun dressing up the girls in the Southern Charm outfits that Veronica had just sent.
When we got back from the camping trip, we found that Hydrangea and Pansy were in heat. We don't know how long each girl had been in heat. Hydrangea had been left with our new sire, L'l Toy Drum during our time away. L'l Toy Drum has shown no interest in mating since he came to the Cattery at the end of February from Stepp'nstone's Cattery in Canada. We did find Hydrangea's hair all over the room so it looks promising. We will have to wait three weeks to see if Toy actually performed the mating act or was just playing with her. LOL. Pansy was put with Willie on Sunday and will be in with Willie through Tuesday. Hopefully Willie will be determined enough to sweet talk Pansy into mating with him. We think the reason she was only having one baby was that she was faking mating. She really does not like Willie. I usually take her in to his room and wait while he performs and then I let her out. So she may have been faking mating to get out of the room. This time, I am staying out of it and letting them stay together for three days. She seems to be accepting him better. In three weeks time, we will see if she is pregnant. Rose and Primrose are both in with L'l Toy Drum but nether one is in heat.
We can confirm that Diamond is pregnant. She was mated early since she had been away from her babies for a while and we did not want to risk her getting another Pyometra infection. Our sweet Little Miracle was our choose for this mating and he performed flawlessly. He was a natural. Wish the other sires could learn from this boy how to mate. Miracle has so many great qualities that we just had to match Diamond up with him. His sweet sweet personality, tiny ears, great head shape and gorgeous coat are wonderful qualities to bring to a mating with Diamond. I am expecting exceptional babies from this mating. Miracle is from our outcross sire, Willie, and from our girl's line out of Peony. Of course statistically, half of the babies should be chocolate and half Himalayan. As you know, Diamond's last litter with Willie, a Chocolate Point, produced all black babies. I don't know what to expect from this coming litter as Little Miracle is a Chocolate Point also. Her due date should be around August 27th, with the kittens being able to leave for their new homes around Thanksgiving time.
We will start the picks for Diamond's current litter near the end of the week. We will try to get a new video of the litter on Wednesday or Thursday before the picks began. This way, everyone can see the kittens up close and personal. They are currently 10 1/2 weeks old and can leave the Cattery on their 13 week old birthday or after July 30th. Any remaining kittens not picked by our Priority Wait List will be made available on our Available Kittens page. We are planning to take the kittens to the Vet on Thursday for their wellness exam.
On Wednesday we will be publishing on our website, the Southern Charms by Veronica Photo Shoots taken within the last month. Our last Photo Shoot took place on July 5th. You can take a sneek peak by going to the link at the bottom of our links page. We still need to have them stamped with our logo.
It is a busy time at the Cattery so please stay tuned for all the many announcements that will be coming down in the next couple of weeks.
July 14, 2014
Well, Diamond, Diamond's babies, Hollyhock and I just got back from a week long camping trip to Stone Mountain, North Carolina. It was a wonderful time away to refresh and enjoy some great and wonderful scenery in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The babies were running from one end of the 34' RV to the other, having a ball. I always like to take the new litters on a camping trip after their first set of shots whenever I can. The last two litters did not go camping unfortunately. What I have found is that taking them out of their environment and putting them in a new one for a week or even a few days really helps them when it comes time for them to go to their new homes. It gets them use to riding in a car and a change of environment. In the case of this litter, it helped our Noah to finally get off wet food and start eating dry food. What a relief. I never thought I would see that day come. In a way, you could say, the litter grew up in that week. I have attached a picture of Noah on a potty break during the 3 hour car ride to the first State Park. He loved looking out at the scenery when he was taking a break from the carrier. He really is a sweetie. Last Sunday, the Ciochina family meet us up at Stone Mountain. They have been on the Priority Wait List since last year waiting for an extreme face boy. Diamond produced two boys that meet that requirement. The family spent some time playing with the babies. They meet us as we pulled in to Stone Mountain State Park so the babies were tired and also were getting use to their new environment in the RV. Probably not the perfect timing but we were glad the family had an opportunity to see and play with the boys. We even had fun dressing up the girls in the Southern Charm outfits that Veronica had just sent.
When we got back from the camping trip, we found that Hydrangea and Pansy were in heat. We don't know how long each girl had been in heat. Hydrangea had been left with our new sire, L'l Toy Drum during our time away. L'l Toy Drum has shown no interest in mating since he came to the Cattery at the end of February from Stepp'nstone's Cattery in Canada. We did find Hydrangea's hair all over the room so it looks promising. We will have to wait three weeks to see if Toy actually performed the mating act or was just playing with her. LOL. Pansy was put with Willie on Sunday and will be in with Willie through Tuesday. Hopefully Willie will be determined enough to sweet talk Pansy into mating with him. We think the reason she was only having one baby was that she was faking mating. She really does not like Willie. I usually take her in to his room and wait while he performs and then I let her out. So she may have been faking mating to get out of the room. This time, I am staying out of it and letting them stay together for three days. She seems to be accepting him better. In three weeks time, we will see if she is pregnant. Rose and Primrose are both in with L'l Toy Drum but nether one is in heat.
We can confirm that Diamond is pregnant. She was mated early since she had been away from her babies for a while and we did not want to risk her getting another Pyometra infection. Our sweet Little Miracle was our choose for this mating and he performed flawlessly. He was a natural. Wish the other sires could learn from this boy how to mate. Miracle has so many great qualities that we just had to match Diamond up with him. His sweet sweet personality, tiny ears, great head shape and gorgeous coat are wonderful qualities to bring to a mating with Diamond. I am expecting exceptional babies from this mating. Miracle is from our outcross sire, Willie, and from our girl's line out of Peony. Of course statistically, half of the babies should be chocolate and half Himalayan. As you know, Diamond's last litter with Willie, a Chocolate Point, produced all black babies. I don't know what to expect from this coming litter as Little Miracle is a Chocolate Point also. Her due date should be around August 27th, with the kittens being able to leave for their new homes around Thanksgiving time.
We will start the picks for Diamond's current litter near the end of the week. We will try to get a new video of the litter on Wednesday or Thursday before the picks began. This way, everyone can see the kittens up close and personal. They are currently 10 1/2 weeks old and can leave the Cattery on their 13 week old birthday or after July 30th. Any remaining kittens not picked by our Priority Wait List will be made available on our Available Kittens page. We are planning to take the kittens to the Vet on Thursday for their wellness exam.
On Wednesday we will be publishing on our website, the Southern Charms by Veronica Photo Shoots taken within the last month. Our last Photo Shoot took place on July 5th. You can take a sneek peak by going to the link at the bottom of our links page. We still need to have them stamped with our logo.
It is a busy time at the Cattery so please stay tuned for all the many announcements that will be coming down in the next couple of weeks.
The Fentons with Tylney and Cadbury
The Twins and Their Journey
July 2, 2014
The Twins and Their Journey
July 2, 2014
On June 15, 2014, after a grueling 13 hour drive down from Canton, Massachusetts, the Fentons arrived at the Cattery. After several hours of playtime with the Fentons, the girls left for their new home. The Fentons are thoroughly invested in the care and love of these precious girls. They are their children in fur. These girls will be spoiled rotten and treated like just like princesses. Here are the pictures and comments that The Fentons have sent on the girls since they left here. You can see Photo Shoots and more pictures and videos of these rare girls by going to Primrose's Nursery 2014. To see how the Twins are doing in their new home, please go to the Twin's Special Page.
June 15, 2014: Several emails on their 13 hour trip to their new home - "Doing well so far! Taking a break for them to stretch in trunk with litter box and food! She has her cute paw on the travel water dish. We gave them both water from syringe. They are doing well!! They are sleeping on each other; so cute!!!!!! No more crying at all. We are talking to them and playing classical music. We are just going through NYC now and will make one more stop with them for water/litter box/food.That is a good idea about the rooms! We are going to put them in our bedroom tonight to try with food, water, litter box and their beds. We don't want them to be scared wandering around the house.
We will keep you updated!! We just arrived home!! They did a great job!! We are setting up their fountain and food upstairs for the night. Thank you for everything! Take care,Angela & Neil"
June 16, 2014: "Good morning, They are doing so well!! They hardly cried at all last night! They slept together on my little chair next to my bed looking at me! They both did not eat the plain dry Young Again so we mixed the Royal Canin and they did not seem too interested. So, we gave them some fancy feast and they were both eating out of the same dish. Then, Cadbury ran off and jumped into the water fountain and splashed Tylney while she was still eating!!!! So funny!!!!!! They are playing with track ball, spiral toys, tunnel, pop up box, and running around after each other. When we wake up a bit more, we are going to bring out all of the toys and show them the structure. The fountain they were a bit frightened of, but are now drinking out of it....it might be too big for them right now? They are so much fun!!!! Tylney and Cadbury are doing so well!!! We are playing nonstop! We were so tired, but honestly Tylney and Cadbury get the award!! They did better with the drive than us! They were so adorable. We switched turns driving and having one of us sit in the back with them and pet them. They slept on each other!!! The cutest thing ever. Thank God we have both of them because they are best friends. We are watching them communicate with each other; it's fascinating!
We introduced them to a good part of the house this morning because they were adjusting so well! They love their structure and exploring. They do not like to be far away from each other and will make a sound looking for one of us (Tylney does this more than Cadbury). They also ate dry food. They watch what each other will do first. They ate all of the wet too! They used the litter box, one after the other. We could watch them for every second of the day!
We are loving every moment of them! They are adorable!!"
June 17, 2014: "We had a very restful night. They both slept in our bed and were so adorable. Tylney slept right on Neil's pillow next to his head; so cute! I don't think they like their beds and prefer our bed which is absolutely fine. The pottery barn beds are just so cute. They are now eating the dry, but only with the royal canin mixed in. They are also eating the wet!! They are running around and playing with their toys now. They have no fear and are up and down on the structure. They love looking outside in the sun. Cadbury is on the top level right now. We are enjoying them!!! They love playing with each other. Sometimes Tylney starts the play fights with Cadbury now. They love all of the room to run around. They are so fast.
Everything is going so well!! We are enjoying every second.
They love the structure. We definitely think it was the best advice to have all of their same toys, fountain, food, structure, etc...for a good adjustment to their new home. If other families are contemplating the structure, please do share this with them as we also feel better as parents knowing that they are already adjusted to the height of the structure as they have been using it for some time (though we still keep a watchful eye). I could tell that they recognized it though!! They were fighting over the top shelf for a bit too!They are very cute on the stairs. They have carpet which is good so they won't slip on hard wood. They love our couch and chair too. They sit on the arms and use it as another way to climb onto the structure. I think they have adjusted well!
They are napping next to me on the baby blanket next to each other. So cute!!! They are definitely best friends!! They are bonding to us as well. They follow us everywhere and stay with us. We gave them full access to the house (except for basement, office, and guest room) and they stayed in bed with us (we set up a bowl of water with dry food next to our bed) as well as their normal food/fountain set-up which is now in the kitchen downstairs. They definitely love our attention. We will sit on the floor with them and they both rub up against us together. It is so funny watching how they copy each other. I think that they look to each other for comfort, but are feeling at ease with us. They did not like the sound of the shower though and ran into the other room, so I shut the bathroom door.
They have the most fascinating personalities! We love watching them. They are great company though and are lap cats when they feel like it and then want to play. I watched TV last night while Neil was studying and they stayed in bed with me with their toys and played, cuddled, and I hugged them...so cute. Then, we ran around for a bit and played with the wand. Lots of fun!"
June 18, 2014: "We are on our way to the vet! A tiny bit of crying, but this 7 miles is far better than 750 miles!!!"
"They were such a hit!!! Stars!!! Everyone was in awe. They are just so perfect and in perfect health. We are on our way back and they are napping!"
"The vet was very happy with their health and the records that you provided. She said that normally breeders will just document that the parents are negative for a condition, but she thought it was so much better to provide actual documentation which she was impressed!
The kittens weight was 3.4 for Tylney and 3.6 for Cadbury.
The next vaccine is scheduled for July 5th and rabies on a separate visit as she does not recommend multiple vaccines on the same day, which we agree with as well. We are also dropping off a stool sample on July 5th, as likes to look at two samples and she saw that you already did one which was great.
We discussed the spaying in October which she also agreed with and our concerns. We are going to have a separate anesthesia appointment when the time comes as well.
They also liked and approved of all of your food recommendations as well. We bought kitten tooth paste and brushes as she would like us to brush their teeth at a young age. We also talked about cleaning their ears carefully and some heart worm guard gel to put on the back of their necks in case Mosquitos come into our house (so unlikely)....as we do not open windows without screens and use central A/C all of the time.
They were really impressed with everything!!
Most of all, they were impressed with these rare kittens! Cadbury was a bit more active than Tylney for the exam. They could not believe how beautiful their eyes are and their coat!!!
There was definitely a crowd of staff looking at them!!!!!
I think that is the main summary of details of the appointment. We definitely felt like proud parents.
I have to go back to work tomorrow, but Neil is home studying!! He is lucky as he will have two study buddies at home. "
June 19, 2014: "They were so adorable last night. They love sleeping with us (for the vast majority of the night) and are snuggled into us. So cute!! They are doing so well and we are truly enjoying these babies. I am sad that I am at work today, but will look forward to seeing them when I get home ASAP."
"I miss them!! It has been fun to show pictures of them to my work colleagues though! Everyone cannot believe how adorable they are! They are truly outstanding kittens! Neil is having fun with them at home and sent me a cute video of them. I am jealous!He is also going to call the vet to discuss/review the plan for the vaccines and will get back to you as soon as possible.It is definitely nice to have two of them, as we can share the love as they really love our attention. They are so snuggly! Neil ran out to do a few errands today and when he arrived home, they were on the climbing structure!! They just love it. It was definitely the best purchase for them. They love looking at the birds outside and any bugs."
June 20, 2014: "Neil said that they both Tylney and Cadbury sat on our bathroom rug and watched him shave this morning; so cute! Everyone at work LOVE the photos and think that they are absolutely beautiful kittens; we agree!"
June 23, 2014: "We had such a great weekend with the babies!! We just enjoyed every second of time with them; playing and exploring. They both love sleeping in bed with us and love to cuddle! Cadbury slept around Neil's neck like an extra soft scarf!! So adorable!! Neil was up late studying for his exam on Saturday night and they kept him company sitting on his desk watching him study. They love looking out all of our windows and sitting in the sun. We love watching them communicate to each other as well; so intelligent. We are enjoying every moment! We miss them when we are at work, but definitely make up for the time together when we get home. Neil will be home studying for a few days this week so he can have fun with them."
June 24, 2014: "We miss our babies, but Neil will be off for the rest of the week which will be nice! We are happy that they have each other during the day. We definitely give them tons of attention when we get home; they probably need a bit of a break from us!! Their personalities are so fascinating. They are similar in many ways. Their intelligence is definitely one of the most prominent feature of all. We call both of their names together and they will come running into the next room! I think they know their names!! They are definitely the Queens of our home!"
"We just wanted to send you this quick photo....we think that Tylney knows what time we get home and waits for us to pull into garage and looks outside the window and watches me pull the car in and get the mail. This is the third time she has greeted one of us!!!! So smart and so adorable!!!!!!!!!!"
June 26, 2014: "They had their follow-up vet appointment yesterday and we had them ride in separate Sleepypods due to the heat (we had the AC on the car, but thought they would want some space) and again they were the absolute hit of the vet!! They are so adorable!! "
"It's SO cute!!! She definitely gives us that face. Neil was downstairs, but now he is in the office. They also sit on his desk under the desk light and watch him study; adorable!! We LOVE them! "
"They love sitting on the little rug in the bathroom while I dry my hair. They are not afraid of the sound of the hair dryer which is great!! It is so cute as they are never apart from each other; always within the same room, but sometimes on a different mission or playing with a different toy. We have been using the light toy at night and they absolutely love to chase it and will run from the family room to the hallway (or as far as the light will go). They love the tunnel and play cube as well. We love how they can be very active and play and then definitely love to be held as they both purr away and we each hold one of the babies."
"It's so interesting to watch them. We are playing right now. There are times that they are both laid back or one might want even more special attention than the other. We are still learning their personalities, but it appears that they both are a great mix! We make sure to give them special alone time as well with each of us.
We definitely see Willie more in Cadbury and Primrose in Tylney! Cadbury's coat is SO soft!!!!!! She has the softest coat I have ever felt! Tylney has this cute little dainty dance when she runs, it is almost like a dancer! Cadbury just runs!!! They are both very fast and enjoy running with the light toy. They appear comfortable on the stairs which have carpet. We are playing with the springs right now. The boinks have disappeared already! I need to look for them and/or get more. Cadbury's eyes appear to be developing a bit darker than Tylney as well. Just beautiful! We love watching their every move. We could go on and on! We love them!!"
June 28, 2014: "It is so funny as they match the entire decor of the house and paint colors!!!!! Everyone says that to us!!! So cute!! These little boxes are on the main stair case and they love sitting in them. Tylney gave me a loving look, as we had a discussion that we needed to take this photo!!! So sweet!!"
July 2, 2014: "Here is an adorable photo of the kittens sitting on the chair in the office getting ready to keep Neil company while doing work. Tylney & Cadbury both have sweet expressions! They have been such a joy! They both sleep on our pillows by our heads; purring away!!! So cute!"
The Westbrook Family with Marigold - Tabithia
June 30, 2014
June 30, 2014
Marigold, now called Tabithia, by her new family, was from a rare litter that Primrose and Willie had. It was rare because it was a litter of all Tortoiseshell girls. Tabithia is beautiful. She has a wide large head with big beautiful round eyes that looked right into your soul. She is a very sweet girl and lovebug. She has a heavy boned structure and is nice and cobby. We would have kept her for a breeder but we were looking for an extreme face. We can't wait to see her coat when she gets in her mature fur. On June 6, 2014, she left the Cattery for her new home in Cary. Schann has three children ranging from 9 1/2 years old to 19 years old. The family also has 2 sweet Cavalier King Charles Spaniels which will be Tabithia's companions during the day. Schann was able to visit Tabithia before picking her up to take her to her new home. Schann is a photographer and her pictures can be viewed on a special page of our website. Here are the pictures and comments that Schann, her mother, has sent in. You can see more comments and pictures in the future by going to Marigold - Tabithia's special page.
June 8, 2014: Link to a video of Tabithia's in her new home purring as her mother grooms her is above. "Here we are grooming her this morning and she is just purring away flat on her back!!! "
June 9, 2014: "Hi Susan! Just wanted to give you an update on Tabitha. We had our appointment today with Dr. Santilli at Mayfair animal hospital and she checked out perfect. They were waiting for us when we got there and all the staff couldn't wait to see her. Dr. Santilli was very impressed and said she was beautiful and perfect! He even pointed out how perfect her bite was and stated "you can't get any better than that!". She was so relaxed during her exam and she was purring so loudly it took them a bit to get a good listen to her heart which he stated sounded great with no murmur. She was even purring while they took her temp and while they got a fecal sample! LOL! He also appreciated again the fact that you care so much about the health and welfare of your babies that you included the info on the spay/neuter procedure. ...She has been such a joy and lovebug and I just can't thank you enough! She really is so affectionate - let's us carry her around like a baby and really seems to love it. I was noticing tonight as I was holding her this way how much of a resemblance to Primrose she has. Well I hope your last couple of days have been good - talk soon! Schann."
June 16, 2014: "Hi Susan! Just dropping in to say "Hi" and to send you a pic of Tabitha. Here she is lounging by the picture window in my dining room. She is just beautiful and sweet as can be! ... Yes adjusting awesome! Every day we have more and more time with the dogs and less and less hissing. They can all be on the bed together and everyone is relaxed. Getting her adjusted to the rest of the house as well. We have a fairly large house and I don't want her to get lost (reason for the bell on her collar). We are all loving her!"
June 25, 2014: "She is super spoiled and I love it! She wakes me up every morning at 6 a.m. wanting attention and of course to eat :0) ...You are right - eye color is going to be awesome!"
June 9, 2014: "Hi Susan! Just wanted to give you an update on Tabitha. We had our appointment today with Dr. Santilli at Mayfair animal hospital and she checked out perfect. They were waiting for us when we got there and all the staff couldn't wait to see her. Dr. Santilli was very impressed and said she was beautiful and perfect! He even pointed out how perfect her bite was and stated "you can't get any better than that!". She was so relaxed during her exam and she was purring so loudly it took them a bit to get a good listen to her heart which he stated sounded great with no murmur. She was even purring while they took her temp and while they got a fecal sample! LOL! He also appreciated again the fact that you care so much about the health and welfare of your babies that you included the info on the spay/neuter procedure. ...She has been such a joy and lovebug and I just can't thank you enough! She really is so affectionate - let's us carry her around like a baby and really seems to love it. I was noticing tonight as I was holding her this way how much of a resemblance to Primrose she has. Well I hope your last couple of days have been good - talk soon! Schann."
June 16, 2014: "Hi Susan! Just dropping in to say "Hi" and to send you a pic of Tabitha. Here she is lounging by the picture window in my dining room. She is just beautiful and sweet as can be! ... Yes adjusting awesome! Every day we have more and more time with the dogs and less and less hissing. They can all be on the bed together and everyone is relaxed. Getting her adjusted to the rest of the house as well. We have a fairly large house and I don't want her to get lost (reason for the bell on her collar). We are all loving her!"
June 25, 2014: "She is super spoiled and I love it! She wakes me up every morning at 6 a.m. wanting attention and of course to eat :0) ...You are right - eye color is going to be awesome!"
The Smith Family and Annabelle Rose
June 26, 2014
June 26, 2014
On June 6, 2014, Annabelle Rose left the Cattery for her new home in Chapel Hill. Angela Smith is a busy working mother of three young children. Angela was able to visit Annabelle with her daughter, Victoria, on May 17, 2014, when Annabelle was only 10 weeks old. We think that this visit helped Annabelle when it came time for her to go to her new home. Here are the pictures and comments that Angela, her mother, has sent in. You can see more comments and pictures in the future by going to Annabelle's special page.
June 6, 2014: Link to a video of Annabelle's first evening in her new home. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=341843562635539&set=vb.100004296933730&&theater
June 8, 2014: "She really is settling in well with all of the kids. It's like she's a different kitty really. I expected her to hide all of the time, but she doesn't. She follows me around, sits with me when I work on computer, and sleeps on my pillow at night. We are loving her! Right now, she's hoping around in the living room."
June 16, 2014: "Hi Susan ,Annabelle is doing great. She is an absolute baby doll. She literally lets us carry her around like a baby all the time. She likes to be with us, which I love. She did great going down to the beach. I gave her her first bath down there and she did just fine ... She is a doll baby! Very laid back. Angela"
June 22, 2014 on Facebook: "Victorian Gardens Cattery in Hamilton, NC - highly recommend her - My Annabelle is amazing!"
June 8, 2014: "She really is settling in well with all of the kids. It's like she's a different kitty really. I expected her to hide all of the time, but she doesn't. She follows me around, sits with me when I work on computer, and sleeps on my pillow at night. We are loving her! Right now, she's hoping around in the living room."
June 16, 2014: "Hi Susan ,Annabelle is doing great. She is an absolute baby doll. She literally lets us carry her around like a baby all the time. She likes to be with us, which I love. She did great going down to the beach. I gave her her first bath down there and she did just fine ... She is a doll baby! Very laid back. Angela"
June 22, 2014 on Facebook: "Victorian Gardens Cattery in Hamilton, NC - highly recommend her - My Annabelle is amazing!"
VICTORIAN CHAMBER POT PHOTO SHOOT
DIAMOND'S AND WILLIE'S 7 WEEK OLD KITTENS
JUNE 23 2014
Please click on the picture above to be taken to Diamond's Nursery and each kittens individual Photo Shoot.
DIAMOND'S AND WILLIE'S 7 WEEK OLD KITTENS
JUNE 23 2014
Please click on the picture above to be taken to Diamond's Nursery and each kittens individual Photo Shoot.
Janessa and Saffron
June 23, 2013
On June 16, 2014, Janessa came to pick up Saffy to take her to her new home where she will be the companion to Janessa. Before picking up Saffy, she had come to visit her on June 1st. This really has helped the transition and we recommend this to all parents. Janessa does not have any other cats or children. Previously, Janessa had a Flame Point Himalayan who was 12 years old when he passed in December, 2012. Janessa spent the appropriate time grieving her loss and doing extensive research on various Catteries in the Carolinas. We are happy that Janessa chose our Cattery for her new kitten. We couldn't be happier with this match.
Here are some of the comments about how Saffy is doing in her new home with Janessa. You can see more comments and pictures in the future by going to Saffy's special page.
June 23, 2013
On June 16, 2014, Janessa came to pick up Saffy to take her to her new home where she will be the companion to Janessa. Before picking up Saffy, she had come to visit her on June 1st. This really has helped the transition and we recommend this to all parents. Janessa does not have any other cats or children. Previously, Janessa had a Flame Point Himalayan who was 12 years old when he passed in December, 2012. Janessa spent the appropriate time grieving her loss and doing extensive research on various Catteries in the Carolinas. We are happy that Janessa chose our Cattery for her new kitten. We couldn't be happier with this match.
Here are some of the comments about how Saffy is doing in her new home with Janessa. You can see more comments and pictures in the future by going to Saffy's special page.
June 16, 2014: "Well Saffy seems to be adjusting nicely. You were right about the wet food! She is a smarty pants. I took the wet food away and she just went for a full helping of dry food. She has also used the litter box a couple more times and had her first bowel movement which looked good. She is running around like a crazy lady right now having a grand old time. She really is sweet and so loveable. She loves to be rubbed all over."
June 18, 2014: "Hey Susan! Saffy and I are having the best time together. As I am sure you already know, she is an absolute momma's girl and a lover. She follows me from room to room, she sleeps with me almost the entire night and she sits right on my desk while I work. I took the attached picture early this morning. She has a great appetite and her bowl is about half Royal Canin and half Young Again. She is super smart just like you said. I was in the laundry room with the door almost closed (I don't want her to get behind the washer or dryer). Of course she isn't strong enough but I could see her trying to pull the door ajar with her little paw. She knew instinctively that she could use her paw to open that door! I am sure she will be opening doors and cupboards soon enough. Her appointment at the vet is today. I will send you over the paperwork for your files. Thanks for blessing me with such a sweet baby! Janessa"
Our 7 Week Old Black Velvet Petunia modeling a Southern Charm by Veronica creation.
COMING SOON
PHOTO SHOOTS FOR
SOUTHERN CHARM BY VERONICA
JUNE 21, 2014
We have just completed several of our Photo Shoots for Southern Charm by Veronica. Southern Charm By Veronica is a new business of custom created creations for your kitten, cat or dog by owner, Veronica Sims. Our kittens and cats were chosen by Veronica to model some of her creations for her business. Here is a sneek peek at our adorable and gorgeous 7 week old Black Velvet Petunia wearing one of Veronica's creation, a yellow tutu with a matching bow. Petunia is a glam girl. She sat perfectly for the shoot. She had so many great photos, we just didn't know which one to put up on the Blog. We are hoping to have the full Photo Shoots available soon. The Perfect Rose modeled Veronica's creations also.
PHOTO SHOOTS FOR
SOUTHERN CHARM BY VERONICA
JUNE 21, 2014
We have just completed several of our Photo Shoots for Southern Charm by Veronica. Southern Charm By Veronica is a new business of custom created creations for your kitten, cat or dog by owner, Veronica Sims. Our kittens and cats were chosen by Veronica to model some of her creations for her business. Here is a sneek peek at our adorable and gorgeous 7 week old Black Velvet Petunia wearing one of Veronica's creation, a yellow tutu with a matching bow. Petunia is a glam girl. She sat perfectly for the shoot. She had so many great photos, we just didn't know which one to put up on the Blog. We are hoping to have the full Photo Shoots available soon. The Perfect Rose modeled Veronica's creations also.
OUR NEWEST FAMILIES
JUNE 16, 2014
The last few weeks have gone by in a whirl wind. Our newest families are beautiful inside as well as out. How could we have been so lucky? We are truly blessed. These girls are going to be spoiled rotten.
On June 6, 2014, two of Primrose's babies left for their new homes. Annabelle Rose left with Angela for her new home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Marigold (Tabaitha) left with Schann for her new home in Cary, North Carolina. The Toddler Room was just not the same with these two girls missing from it. The remaining kittens were at a loss for a few days. Then yesterday, the Fentons arrived from Boston for the twins, Cadbury Jane and Tylney Victoria. They had driven down from Boston, MA on Saturday to pick up their girls on Sunday. Now that was one long trip. It took 12 hours down and about 14 1/2 hours back up on Sunday. The Fentons said the girls did great on the long car trip. Janessa just missed the Fentons when she came to pick up Saffron. She had driven 4 hours from Charlotte. All girls are doing very well adjusting to their new homes and families. I think these parents are starting to get an inkling now as to how incredibly smart these girls are. Within the next few weeks, we will have all the girls and their families up on the 2014 Adoptive Kittens page. This will include any new pictures that the families have sent in or any comments from the families.
Welcome families to our ever growing Victorian Gardens Cattery family. We feel truly blessed to have this great group of parents!!
Now poor Holly (Chocolate Hollyhock) is left behind and doesn't have anyone to play with. We brought down Diamond's 6 week old kittens to the Toddler Room last night after we had disinfected the floor and put up the fence. Holly can see them playing and really would love to play with them. We did a video this morning of Diamond's kittens playing in the Toddler Room and you can see Holly watching them and wanting so much to play. Once the babies have their first set of shots, we will allow Holly to start playing with them. Now that she is the only one left from Primrose and Pansy's litter, she is really wanting attention and starts to purr as soon as you are within a few feet of her.
The video of Diamond's kittens should be up on YouTube later tonight. Since filming the video, our Black Velvet Petunia was the first kitten to start eating the Young Again dry food. Up to this point, we have had a hard time weaning them on to dry food and are so happy to see that our girl was the first to start today. They love the extra room and are running around and having a ball in their new space.
http://youtu.be/KT0uE7zT1Ag
JUNE 16, 2014
The last few weeks have gone by in a whirl wind. Our newest families are beautiful inside as well as out. How could we have been so lucky? We are truly blessed. These girls are going to be spoiled rotten.
On June 6, 2014, two of Primrose's babies left for their new homes. Annabelle Rose left with Angela for her new home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Marigold (Tabaitha) left with Schann for her new home in Cary, North Carolina. The Toddler Room was just not the same with these two girls missing from it. The remaining kittens were at a loss for a few days. Then yesterday, the Fentons arrived from Boston for the twins, Cadbury Jane and Tylney Victoria. They had driven down from Boston, MA on Saturday to pick up their girls on Sunday. Now that was one long trip. It took 12 hours down and about 14 1/2 hours back up on Sunday. The Fentons said the girls did great on the long car trip. Janessa just missed the Fentons when she came to pick up Saffron. She had driven 4 hours from Charlotte. All girls are doing very well adjusting to their new homes and families. I think these parents are starting to get an inkling now as to how incredibly smart these girls are. Within the next few weeks, we will have all the girls and their families up on the 2014 Adoptive Kittens page. This will include any new pictures that the families have sent in or any comments from the families.
Welcome families to our ever growing Victorian Gardens Cattery family. We feel truly blessed to have this great group of parents!!
Now poor Holly (Chocolate Hollyhock) is left behind and doesn't have anyone to play with. We brought down Diamond's 6 week old kittens to the Toddler Room last night after we had disinfected the floor and put up the fence. Holly can see them playing and really would love to play with them. We did a video this morning of Diamond's kittens playing in the Toddler Room and you can see Holly watching them and wanting so much to play. Once the babies have their first set of shots, we will allow Holly to start playing with them. Now that she is the only one left from Primrose and Pansy's litter, she is really wanting attention and starts to purr as soon as you are within a few feet of her.
The video of Diamond's kittens should be up on YouTube later tonight. Since filming the video, our Black Velvet Petunia was the first kitten to start eating the Young Again dry food. Up to this point, we have had a hard time weaning them on to dry food and are so happy to see that our girl was the first to start today. They love the extra room and are running around and having a ball in their new space.
http://youtu.be/KT0uE7zT1Ag
HAIR DAY
June 11, 2014
Today was hair day at the Cattery. The weather has turned very hot and humid and it was time for some shaves. We love Miracle's glorious super long thick coat. He has the best coat of any cat or kitten we have ever had. We showed him to CFA Champion status but knew that it would take 3 years for this Chocolate boy to reach his full potential. That meant two hot summers to go through with his thick coat in order to show him to Grand Championship status. So I made the hard decision to, for go, showing him any further. This decision was made so that I could give him a lion's cut, which would allow him to feel more comfortable through the hot summer months. I truly hated to do it because his coat was the cat's meow. There was not one mat on him before his shave. This boy is just not prone to mats. Out of all the lion's cuts that I have given, and I have given a lot, I have never had one so relaxed and easy to do as Miracle. He made it a breeze. He even helped with his legs. After it was over with, he was strutting his stuff around. Chocolate Point boys have chocolate butts. It is very cute to see him strut his Chocolate butt. Even though he was a beauty before the cut, he is just as beautiful afterward. He really does look so much like his father, Willie Wonka.
Besides Miracle's first hair cut, I also re-shaved our new sire, L'il Toy Drum and Miracle's father, Willie Wonka. The last cat re-shaved was Peony, Miracle's mother. Now they all can have a cool summer and have their coats grown out by winter time.
June 11, 2014
Today was hair day at the Cattery. The weather has turned very hot and humid and it was time for some shaves. We love Miracle's glorious super long thick coat. He has the best coat of any cat or kitten we have ever had. We showed him to CFA Champion status but knew that it would take 3 years for this Chocolate boy to reach his full potential. That meant two hot summers to go through with his thick coat in order to show him to Grand Championship status. So I made the hard decision to, for go, showing him any further. This decision was made so that I could give him a lion's cut, which would allow him to feel more comfortable through the hot summer months. I truly hated to do it because his coat was the cat's meow. There was not one mat on him before his shave. This boy is just not prone to mats. Out of all the lion's cuts that I have given, and I have given a lot, I have never had one so relaxed and easy to do as Miracle. He made it a breeze. He even helped with his legs. After it was over with, he was strutting his stuff around. Chocolate Point boys have chocolate butts. It is very cute to see him strut his Chocolate butt. Even though he was a beauty before the cut, he is just as beautiful afterward. He really does look so much like his father, Willie Wonka.
Besides Miracle's first hair cut, I also re-shaved our new sire, L'il Toy Drum and Miracle's father, Willie Wonka. The last cat re-shaved was Peony, Miracle's mother. Now they all can have a cool summer and have their coats grown out by winter time.
VICTORIAN CARRIAGE PHOTO SHOOT
PRIMROSE AND WILLIE'S KITTENS
JUNE 2014
Last
week we held our Victorian Carriage Photo Shoot with Primrose's 12 week old kittens. You can click on the picture to be taken directly to their photo
shoot. Annabelle and Marigold both left on June 6th for their new homes. They are doing great in their homes. Who knew that Primrose surprised us by producing lap kittens this litter. Tansy (Tylney) and Catalina (Cadbury) leave for their new home this coming Sunday. We will miss the extraordinary litter. Thankfully, our Chocolate Hollyhock is staying with us. She is our social butterfly and will welcome all guests at our Cattery.
VICTORIAN CARRIAGE PHOTO SHOOT
PANSY AND WILLIE'S KITTEN
JUNE 2014
Last week we held our Victorian Carriage Photo Shoot with Pansy's kitten, Saffron. You can click on the picture to be taken directly to her photo shoot. Saffron is scheduled to leave the Cattery for her new home on June 15, 2014. We will miss this sweet girl. She was a joy to have at the Cattery.
THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE GIRLS PHOTO SHOOT
PRIMROSE AND PANSY'S KITTENS
BY
DAVE RUSSO PHOTOGRAPHY
MAY 25, 2014
Click on the photo below to go to the Photo Shoot
DIAMOND'S 3 WEEK OLD KITTENS PHOTO SHOOT
Courtesy of Dave Russo Photography
May 25, 2014
Please click on the picture below to go directly to the Photo Shoot.
Dave Russo and Lila Forro loving on Diamond's 3 week old kittens after hand feeding them.
Thank Heaven For Little Girls Photo Shoot
Diamond's 3 Week Old Kitten's Photo Shoot
and
Hand Feeding Young Kittens Video
May 24, 2014
We had an extremely busy day today at our Cattery. Dave Russo and his lovely wife, Lila Forro, came to visit. Dave is our Photographer. They both have been coming for about 1 1/2 years now to visit our current litter and photograph them. They are the Flame Brother's parents. The Flame Brothers are Jonah from Peony's Litter in 2013 and Toshi (Solomon) from Primrose's Litter in 2012. We always have a blast when they come to visit. Today was no exception. But it was a special day for Dave and Lila since this was the first time ever that they were able to hand feed our 3 week old kittens. They had been looking forward to it all week and had even bought brand new suits for the occasion. The suits were to keep Diamond's Nursery sterile. We really appreciate their thoughtfulness in protecting our babies. They had a ball loving the kittens and feeding them. We even were able to get in a tutorial video on how we hand feed our babies that need supplemental feeding when our mother is not making enough milk. We are downloading the video now on to YouTube and it should be ready soon for viewing. Just click on the link to go to it:
http://youtu.be/aiAT_9tNYho
After the babies were full and satisfied with milk, we took them to our Pregnancy Room for their first ever Photo Shoot. Sorry but it is very hard still to distinguish one kitten from the other without looking at their bottoms. The Photo Shoot of Diamond's 3 week old kittens will be available once Dave is able to go through the hundreds of photos he took, pick the best ones and logo them. So stay tuned. Once we had finished that Photo Shoot, the babies were exhausted and falling asleep. The babies when back to their Nursery to sleep.
After the Photo Shoot, Dave, Lila and I had a wonderful time over lunch in our Dining Room with Buttercup, our Cream Point Himalayan and Wisteria, our sweet puppy. Dave and Lila had provided a wonderful lunch from La Farm Bakery in Cary, NC. The award winning Albacore Tuna was unbelievable and Buttercup thoroughly enjoyed it, as well as her mommy, Susan.
Next we moved on to the Toddler Room where Dave took candid photos of Primrose and Pansy's kittens, while Lila played with them. I think we all wore out the kittens. When we went for their Photo Shoot entitled "Thank Heaven For Little Girls", the girls said they had had enough and just wanted to be left alone to sleep. We shall see what Dave is able to muster up from all the photos he shot. We did do a special Photo Shoot for Petflow.com. Hopefully this very rare litter of all Tortoiseshells will be appearing on their site in the near future. We are keeping our fingers crossed.
Well, it was not done yet. After the Toddler Room, we headed over to the Main Cattery Room to play with Hydrangea, Rose, Toy and Monte. Hydrangea was in heat and was being her super sweet self while Monte was trying to please her. He is still learning the best way to do this. So far, Toy, is not wanting to cooperate in the mating process.
After playing with the gang in the Main Cattery Room, Dave, Lila, Wisteria and I, took a nice stroll through our Victorian Gardens and then it was on to the front porch swings to relax and eat decadent cheesecake.
By the time we were wrapping up our time together, it was time to feed Diamond's babies and Dave and Lila wanted another chance in a lifetime. So up we went to Diamond's Nursery where the above photos were taken. Along the way, they said hello to Miracle, Pansy and Peony who were in the Pregnancy Room.
I think we all are deserving of a nice few days of rest after a wonderful day spent together enjoying each others company and the gang at Victorian Gardens Cattery.
Dave took well over 1000 pictures, so it will take time to go through all of them and pick the best and then logo them. So stay tuned for the publishing of his Photo Shoots on our website and on our Facebook page.
Diamond's 3 Week Old Kitten's Photo Shoot
and
Hand Feeding Young Kittens Video
May 24, 2014
We had an extremely busy day today at our Cattery. Dave Russo and his lovely wife, Lila Forro, came to visit. Dave is our Photographer. They both have been coming for about 1 1/2 years now to visit our current litter and photograph them. They are the Flame Brother's parents. The Flame Brothers are Jonah from Peony's Litter in 2013 and Toshi (Solomon) from Primrose's Litter in 2012. We always have a blast when they come to visit. Today was no exception. But it was a special day for Dave and Lila since this was the first time ever that they were able to hand feed our 3 week old kittens. They had been looking forward to it all week and had even bought brand new suits for the occasion. The suits were to keep Diamond's Nursery sterile. We really appreciate their thoughtfulness in protecting our babies. They had a ball loving the kittens and feeding them. We even were able to get in a tutorial video on how we hand feed our babies that need supplemental feeding when our mother is not making enough milk. We are downloading the video now on to YouTube and it should be ready soon for viewing. Just click on the link to go to it:
http://youtu.be/aiAT_9tNYho
After the babies were full and satisfied with milk, we took them to our Pregnancy Room for their first ever Photo Shoot. Sorry but it is very hard still to distinguish one kitten from the other without looking at their bottoms. The Photo Shoot of Diamond's 3 week old kittens will be available once Dave is able to go through the hundreds of photos he took, pick the best ones and logo them. So stay tuned. Once we had finished that Photo Shoot, the babies were exhausted and falling asleep. The babies when back to their Nursery to sleep.
After the Photo Shoot, Dave, Lila and I had a wonderful time over lunch in our Dining Room with Buttercup, our Cream Point Himalayan and Wisteria, our sweet puppy. Dave and Lila had provided a wonderful lunch from La Farm Bakery in Cary, NC. The award winning Albacore Tuna was unbelievable and Buttercup thoroughly enjoyed it, as well as her mommy, Susan.
Next we moved on to the Toddler Room where Dave took candid photos of Primrose and Pansy's kittens, while Lila played with them. I think we all wore out the kittens. When we went for their Photo Shoot entitled "Thank Heaven For Little Girls", the girls said they had had enough and just wanted to be left alone to sleep. We shall see what Dave is able to muster up from all the photos he shot. We did do a special Photo Shoot for Petflow.com. Hopefully this very rare litter of all Tortoiseshells will be appearing on their site in the near future. We are keeping our fingers crossed.
Well, it was not done yet. After the Toddler Room, we headed over to the Main Cattery Room to play with Hydrangea, Rose, Toy and Monte. Hydrangea was in heat and was being her super sweet self while Monte was trying to please her. He is still learning the best way to do this. So far, Toy, is not wanting to cooperate in the mating process.
After playing with the gang in the Main Cattery Room, Dave, Lila, Wisteria and I, took a nice stroll through our Victorian Gardens and then it was on to the front porch swings to relax and eat decadent cheesecake.
By the time we were wrapping up our time together, it was time to feed Diamond's babies and Dave and Lila wanted another chance in a lifetime. So up we went to Diamond's Nursery where the above photos were taken. Along the way, they said hello to Miracle, Pansy and Peony who were in the Pregnancy Room.
I think we all are deserving of a nice few days of rest after a wonderful day spent together enjoying each others company and the gang at Victorian Gardens Cattery.
Dave took well over 1000 pictures, so it will take time to go through all of them and pick the best and then logo them. So stay tuned for the publishing of his Photo Shoots on our website and on our Facebook page.
Chocolate Cat Fanciers
May 21, 2014
We got a huge surprise today when we went up on the Chocolate Cat Fanciers website: chocolatecats.com. There was our precious Chocolate Tortie Point Himalayan from Primrose and Willie's Litter of March 6, 2014 featured on the front page. I believe this is the first picture of a Chocolate Tortie Point Himalayan that they have had on their front page or even their galley. We are so proud and happy that they recognized our rare Chocolate Tortie girl. Some have asked why she has orange on her cheeks. Well, that is because she is a Chocolate Tortie Point. The CFA standard for a Chocolate Tortie Point is as follows: "body ivory. Points chocolate with
unbrindled patches of red and/or cream. Nose leather and paw
pads: cinnamon pink and/or coral pink. Eye color: deep vivid blue.
Disqualify: white toes, eye color other than blue". She is, in my opinion, extra rare because her patches of red/orange are on her cheeks. It is not discoloration from eye staining at all. Now how is that for the luck of the draw. Actually, God planted those orange cheeks on her. They are perfect. The only other places we are seeing the red/orange is on some spots on her paws. She comes from a rare all Tortoiseshell litter that included two other rare Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persians. You can see more of our Kitten #5 and her rare siblings, in Primrose's Nursery 2014. Our whole Victorian Gardens Cattery family, which includes all our Adoptive families and our Priority Wait List families are helping us to decide just the right chocolate flower name for her. We hope to have the decision by this weekend. We can't wait to show off our beauty at the CFA shows when she comes in to maturity at 8 months old. She will have a lot of changing in that period of time. Tomorrow she will be 11 weeks old. Her fur is very long and we believe she will have a coat like Little Miracles. At least that is what we are hoping for.
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May 21, 2014
We got a huge surprise today when we went up on the Chocolate Cat Fanciers website: chocolatecats.com. There was our precious Chocolate Tortie Point Himalayan from Primrose and Willie's Litter of March 6, 2014 featured on the front page. I believe this is the first picture of a Chocolate Tortie Point Himalayan that they have had on their front page or even their galley. We are so proud and happy that they recognized our rare Chocolate Tortie girl. Some have asked why she has orange on her cheeks. Well, that is because she is a Chocolate Tortie Point. The CFA standard for a Chocolate Tortie Point is as follows: "body ivory. Points chocolate with
unbrindled patches of red and/or cream. Nose leather and paw
pads: cinnamon pink and/or coral pink. Eye color: deep vivid blue.
Disqualify: white toes, eye color other than blue". She is, in my opinion, extra rare because her patches of red/orange are on her cheeks. It is not discoloration from eye staining at all. Now how is that for the luck of the draw. Actually, God planted those orange cheeks on her. They are perfect. The only other places we are seeing the red/orange is on some spots on her paws. She comes from a rare all Tortoiseshell litter that included two other rare Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persians. You can see more of our Kitten #5 and her rare siblings, in Primrose's Nursery 2014. Our whole Victorian Gardens Cattery family, which includes all our Adoptive families and our Priority Wait List families are helping us to decide just the right chocolate flower name for her. We hope to have the decision by this weekend. We can't wait to show off our beauty at the CFA shows when she comes in to maturity at 8 months old. She will have a lot of changing in that period of time. Tomorrow she will be 11 weeks old. Her fur is very long and we believe she will have a coat like Little Miracles. At least that is what we are hoping for.
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Schann with Marigold giving kisses. Purry Paw Prints Photo Shoot.
PURRY PAW PRINTS PHOTO SHOOT
May 18, 2014
Primrose and Pansy's Litter
On May 18, 2014, Schann Westbrook came from Cary, North Carolina to visit her new little girl, Marigold, a Black Tortoiseshell Persian from Primrose and Willie's litter that was born on March 6, 2014. She had been on the Priority Wait List since February 2014 so she was able to see this litter be born and grow up through photos and YouTube videos. Little did we know when she arrived for her visit, that Schann was a Photographer. She graced our home and our kittens with her sweet and gentle way. It was a very relaxing 3 hours spent loving on all the babies and taking these marvelous photos of Primrose and Pansy's litters. She was able to capture the colors of Primrose's rare litter of all Tortoiseshells, including the unique coloring of the Chocolate Tortoiseshells and Chocolate Tortie Point Himalayan. We are featuring our favorites of this photo shoot on Schann's own page of our website entitled, The Feline Photography of Purry Paw Prints. Thank you Schann for a great time with the gang at Victorian Gardens Cattery. You can see her fabulous photo shoot by clicking here. You can also click on the picture to go to the Photo Shoot.
Annabelle Rose
May 17, 2014
Today one of our newest families came to visit their newest baby, Annabelle Rose. We had a great time together watching Angela and her daughter, Victoria, hold, love, and cuddle all of Primroses and Pansy's babies. Even though it is not time yet for Annabelle Rose, a 10 week old Seal Tortie Point Himalayan to leave our Cattery, Angela and Victoria drove 2 1/2 hours to see their baby. Annabelle Rose will be leaving for her new home on June 5th. Victoria was the photographer and did an excellent job. Here is a slide show of their visit. Her mother, Angela provided the photos via Facebook. We want to thank Angela for her sweet comments on Facebook:
"Facebook Angela updated her status: "We had a wonderful visit with Annabelle Rose today at Victorian Gardens Cattery. She is a baby doll. I only wish I could have brought her home with me today! All of the babies were just beautiful and sweet as can be. Victoria and I enjoyed loving on all of them. Susan is the nicest woman. She shares my love for all things Victorian - and pink! Her 1800's home is just gorgeous. I couldn't have dreamed of a better Cattery to select Annabelle from. I can hardly wait until June 5th!"
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May 17, 2014
Today one of our newest families came to visit their newest baby, Annabelle Rose. We had a great time together watching Angela and her daughter, Victoria, hold, love, and cuddle all of Primroses and Pansy's babies. Even though it is not time yet for Annabelle Rose, a 10 week old Seal Tortie Point Himalayan to leave our Cattery, Angela and Victoria drove 2 1/2 hours to see their baby. Annabelle Rose will be leaving for her new home on June 5th. Victoria was the photographer and did an excellent job. Here is a slide show of their visit. Her mother, Angela provided the photos via Facebook. We want to thank Angela for her sweet comments on Facebook:
"Facebook Angela updated her status: "We had a wonderful visit with Annabelle Rose today at Victorian Gardens Cattery. She is a baby doll. I only wish I could have brought her home with me today! All of the babies were just beautiful and sweet as can be. Victoria and I enjoyed loving on all of them. Susan is the nicest woman. She shares my love for all things Victorian - and pink! Her 1800's home is just gorgeous. I couldn't have dreamed of a better Cattery to select Annabelle from. I can hardly wait until June 5th!"
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Cattery Updates
May 15, 2014
It has been a whirl wind week here at that Cattery as we have been spring cleaning getting ready for our families to come visit their new kittens. All of Primrose and Pansy's kittens have been reserved by our Priority Wait List. We are having our first visits from these litters new parents this weekend. We look forward to meeting these parents in person as they spend time with getting to know their new little one. The babies all have bath day tomorrow. It will be their second bath and blow dry. We hope it goes as easily as the first one they had. We love our new shampoo that makes them smell like baby powder.
We expect to start picks on Diamond's litter within the next 4 weeks. We are awaiting their further development in order to assess whether they are pet or show quality. Diamond's babies are up and walking. Their eyes have been open now for quite some time. Diamond is now cleaning her babies butts. YEAH! That is such a relief to us. We are still supplemental feeding these babies. They are now starting to try to climb up on my lap to get fed. We do enjoy our feeding time together. We will schedule a photo shoot of these babies on Monday so stay tuned.
May 15, 2014
It has been a whirl wind week here at that Cattery as we have been spring cleaning getting ready for our families to come visit their new kittens. All of Primrose and Pansy's kittens have been reserved by our Priority Wait List. We are having our first visits from these litters new parents this weekend. We look forward to meeting these parents in person as they spend time with getting to know their new little one. The babies all have bath day tomorrow. It will be their second bath and blow dry. We hope it goes as easily as the first one they had. We love our new shampoo that makes them smell like baby powder.
We expect to start picks on Diamond's litter within the next 4 weeks. We are awaiting their further development in order to assess whether they are pet or show quality. Diamond's babies are up and walking. Their eyes have been open now for quite some time. Diamond is now cleaning her babies butts. YEAH! That is such a relief to us. We are still supplemental feeding these babies. They are now starting to try to climb up on my lap to get fed. We do enjoy our feeding time together. We will schedule a photo shoot of these babies on Monday so stay tuned.
Diamond's Babies First Walk Video
May 12, 2014
Yesterday, Diamond's 11 day old litter of four Black Persians had their first walk. They did a great job getting in and out of their birthing cage to walk around the Nursery. They had just been fed via a nipple and syringe since their Mother, Diamond, has not been producing enough milk for these big babies. We are helping by supplemental feeding them once or twice a day depending on their weight increase. We weight them about two to three times a day to make sure they are gaining enough. We will plan on doing their first photo shoot within the next week. You can see pictures of them in Diamond's Nursery 2014. You can view the video by clicking on the link below that will take you right to our YouTube channel. Please "like" the video on YouTube if you like it.
http://youtu.be/UQ3mTMtdt8w
May 12, 2014
Yesterday, Diamond's 11 day old litter of four Black Persians had their first walk. They did a great job getting in and out of their birthing cage to walk around the Nursery. They had just been fed via a nipple and syringe since their Mother, Diamond, has not been producing enough milk for these big babies. We are helping by supplemental feeding them once or twice a day depending on their weight increase. We weight them about two to three times a day to make sure they are gaining enough. We will plan on doing their first photo shoot within the next week. You can see pictures of them in Diamond's Nursery 2014. You can view the video by clicking on the link below that will take you right to our YouTube channel. Please "like" the video on YouTube if you like it.
http://youtu.be/UQ3mTMtdt8w
That Wild and Crazy Chocolate Tortoiseshell Kitten
May 9, 2014
Primrose and Willie had an all Tortoiseshell Litter on March 9, 2014. They are now 9 weeks old and just had their first set of vaccines yesterday. We also opened up all of the Toddler Room for them to play in. I guess you could say they graduated. Tortoiseshell Persians are known for their unique personalities. We thought we would show a clip of how unique their personalities are. This 9 week old Tortoiseshell is just having an absolute ball in her playstation. She is a wild thing when she gets going. She is Kitten #3 from Primrose's litter. Click the link to go directly to the YouTube video. You can see more of Primrose's all Tortoiseshell litter in Primrose's Nursery 2014. Pansy's black baby is also in the video running around having fun. Pansy's baby can be seen in Pansy's Nursery 2014.
http://youtu.be/yLYbizZJn1k
Video of the Whole Gang
http://youtu.be/3WNBYmtDcsU
May 9, 2014
Primrose and Willie had an all Tortoiseshell Litter on March 9, 2014. They are now 9 weeks old and just had their first set of vaccines yesterday. We also opened up all of the Toddler Room for them to play in. I guess you could say they graduated. Tortoiseshell Persians are known for their unique personalities. We thought we would show a clip of how unique their personalities are. This 9 week old Tortoiseshell is just having an absolute ball in her playstation. She is a wild thing when she gets going. She is Kitten #3 from Primrose's litter. Click the link to go directly to the YouTube video. You can see more of Primrose's all Tortoiseshell litter in Primrose's Nursery 2014. Pansy's black baby is also in the video running around having fun. Pansy's baby can be seen in Pansy's Nursery 2014.
http://youtu.be/yLYbizZJn1k
Video of the Whole Gang
http://youtu.be/3WNBYmtDcsU
Diamond's All Black Litter Video
May 7, 2014
Diamond's babies turned one week old today. They are doing great. The litter was all Black Persians with two males and two females. They have been a talkative litter of criers. It could be their personality or that Diamond was not producing enough milk for these babies. These babies were born the largest we have ever had at our Cattery. Even the smallest of the litter, a girl, weighted as much as the largest newborn we have ever had at our Cattery. That is a lot of milk for one new mother to come up with so we have been supplemental feeding at least one time a day. The first week, most newborns just nurse and sleep and this is what this litter has been doing. They are just starting to play. In the next week, they will open their eyes. We are excited to see their development as they open their eyes and start to play more with not just themselves, but each other. They truly are beautiful. You can watch their video by clicking on the link. If it states it is still processing, check back in a little bit as it is still downloading on to YouTube.
http://youtu.be/9GCKhfLOrlg
May 7, 2014
Diamond's babies turned one week old today. They are doing great. The litter was all Black Persians with two males and two females. They have been a talkative litter of criers. It could be their personality or that Diamond was not producing enough milk for these babies. These babies were born the largest we have ever had at our Cattery. Even the smallest of the litter, a girl, weighted as much as the largest newborn we have ever had at our Cattery. That is a lot of milk for one new mother to come up with so we have been supplemental feeding at least one time a day. The first week, most newborns just nurse and sleep and this is what this litter has been doing. They are just starting to play. In the next week, they will open their eyes. We are excited to see their development as they open their eyes and start to play more with not just themselves, but each other. They truly are beautiful. You can watch their video by clicking on the link. If it states it is still processing, check back in a little bit as it is still downloading on to YouTube.
http://youtu.be/9GCKhfLOrlg
Victoriangdn Just In The Nick Of Time's Big First Birthday Bash
May 7, 2014
On April 22, 2014, Nicky, otherwise known as, Victoriangdn In The Nick Of Time, celebrated his first birthday with his family in Missouri. Last I heard, Nick had passed the 11 lb mark on weight. Nick's dad, Terry, provided us with these pictures of him with his first birthday cake. What a beautiful cake. I think he is spoiled. What do you think? Wish I had a birthday cake that looked like that. His siblings, Hyacinth, Maxwell Joe, Camellia, and Rose all had their birthdays that day. They are from Willie and Pansy's first litter together. We at Victorian Gardens Cattery are wishing them a GREAT and WONDERFUL year ahead.
May 7, 2014
On April 22, 2014, Nicky, otherwise known as, Victoriangdn In The Nick Of Time, celebrated his first birthday with his family in Missouri. Last I heard, Nick had passed the 11 lb mark on weight. Nick's dad, Terry, provided us with these pictures of him with his first birthday cake. What a beautiful cake. I think he is spoiled. What do you think? Wish I had a birthday cake that looked like that. His siblings, Hyacinth, Maxwell Joe, Camellia, and Rose all had their birthdays that day. They are from Willie and Pansy's first litter together. We at Victorian Gardens Cattery are wishing them a GREAT and WONDERFUL year ahead.
Cattery Updates
May 6, 2014
We have now started our Priority Wait List picks for Primrose and Pansy's litters. We do not know how long it will take since we want every family on the Wait List to be given the time they need to either pick or pass to the next litter. Any remaining kittens not picked after the Priority Wait List will be made available on the Available Kittens page.
We have had a very busy past week and have not had the time to devote to producing a video on Primrose and Pansy's litter or even Diamond's litter. We hope to correct this on Wednesday and upload new videos by the end of Wednesday evening. We will be giving Primrose and Pansy's litters more access to the Toddler Room on Wednesday after we hang our new custom made screen door. They will have even more room to run and play which they love to do.
Diamond's kittens are getting big. This evening they turned 6 days old. They are nice and fat. It is so hard to tell them apart except for the sex. We have no way of safely marking them to distinguish them apart. They are beauties, ever single one of them. They are doing great! We are very thankful. I finally did see Diamond clean one of her babies bum this evening. We had been having to perform this task every couple of hours since their birth because she was not doing it. Hopefully she will start the process on all of them. We did not have to supplement feed today, so she is producing more milk. When we do the video, we will try to hold each one up to the camera so you can see their sweet faces. There is very little difference between them that we can see right now but that should change as they age. Even their weight is neck and neck for three of them and the smallest one is closing in difference fast. Sometimes I think one of them has a lighter coat but I think it is just a trick of the lighting. They do have nice shiny black coats and really pretty extreme faces. I can't wait till they open their eyes which should be within the week.
May 6, 2014
We have now started our Priority Wait List picks for Primrose and Pansy's litters. We do not know how long it will take since we want every family on the Wait List to be given the time they need to either pick or pass to the next litter. Any remaining kittens not picked after the Priority Wait List will be made available on the Available Kittens page.
We have had a very busy past week and have not had the time to devote to producing a video on Primrose and Pansy's litter or even Diamond's litter. We hope to correct this on Wednesday and upload new videos by the end of Wednesday evening. We will be giving Primrose and Pansy's litters more access to the Toddler Room on Wednesday after we hang our new custom made screen door. They will have even more room to run and play which they love to do.
Diamond's kittens are getting big. This evening they turned 6 days old. They are nice and fat. It is so hard to tell them apart except for the sex. We have no way of safely marking them to distinguish them apart. They are beauties, ever single one of them. They are doing great! We are very thankful. I finally did see Diamond clean one of her babies bum this evening. We had been having to perform this task every couple of hours since their birth because she was not doing it. Hopefully she will start the process on all of them. We did not have to supplement feed today, so she is producing more milk. When we do the video, we will try to hold each one up to the camera so you can see their sweet faces. There is very little difference between them that we can see right now but that should change as they age. Even their weight is neck and neck for three of them and the smallest one is closing in difference fast. Sometimes I think one of them has a lighter coat but I think it is just a trick of the lighting. They do have nice shiny black coats and really pretty extreme faces. I can't wait till they open their eyes which should be within the week.
VICTORIAN CHAMBER POT PHOTO SHOOT
PRIMROSE'S 8 WEEK OLD KITTENS
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PANSY'S 5 1/2 WEEK OLD KITTEN
MAY 3 2014
Click on the picture of the individual kittens to be taken to their individual photo shoot.
Cattery Updates
May 2, 2014
We are supplemental feeding Diamond's babies several times a day since they are large (solid) and seem to require more than she can give them at this point. We don't believe her real milk is in yet, just the colostrum. We were waiting as long as possible before bringing in another mom to help her. We are having to clean their butts since she will not. We might bring in Pansy tomorrow to help feed the babies and teach Diamond how to be an excellent mother, including cleaning the babies. You can not find a better mother than Pansy. Primrose's milk is now dried up and Primrose's babies are almost completely weaned though they are still nursing on Pansy. Pansy just does not like to give up nursing and she is great about nursing any kitten from anywhere. She nursed Rose way past Rose's 4 month birthday. We are so glad that Pansy is still in milk.
Primrose and Pansy's babies all had their first bath and blow dry today. We used a new shampoo that was tearless, detergent and soap free and made just for kittens. It smells just like baby powder. The kittens did a great job and they all look great. By the time the blow dry was half way over, they had settled down quite a bit and appeared use to it. It should make their second bath a breeze.
Tomorrow, Saturday, we will be having our Chamber Pot Photo Shoot. We also hope to get another video of Primrose and Pansy's kittens, as well as one of Diamond's kittens. We hope to have this all up on the website by the end of Sunday. Next week we will start down the Priority Wait List for the picks of Primrose and Pansy's kittens. Any kittens not picked by the Priority Wait List will be made available for adoption on the Available Kittens page. We had held off on picks until Diamond had her kittens and we knew what she had in kittens regarding color, nose type and sex.
Stay tuned for the lastest videos and photo shoots coming soon.
May 2, 2014
We are supplemental feeding Diamond's babies several times a day since they are large (solid) and seem to require more than she can give them at this point. We don't believe her real milk is in yet, just the colostrum. We were waiting as long as possible before bringing in another mom to help her. We are having to clean their butts since she will not. We might bring in Pansy tomorrow to help feed the babies and teach Diamond how to be an excellent mother, including cleaning the babies. You can not find a better mother than Pansy. Primrose's milk is now dried up and Primrose's babies are almost completely weaned though they are still nursing on Pansy. Pansy just does not like to give up nursing and she is great about nursing any kitten from anywhere. She nursed Rose way past Rose's 4 month birthday. We are so glad that Pansy is still in milk.
Primrose and Pansy's babies all had their first bath and blow dry today. We used a new shampoo that was tearless, detergent and soap free and made just for kittens. It smells just like baby powder. The kittens did a great job and they all look great. By the time the blow dry was half way over, they had settled down quite a bit and appeared use to it. It should make their second bath a breeze.
Tomorrow, Saturday, we will be having our Chamber Pot Photo Shoot. We also hope to get another video of Primrose and Pansy's kittens, as well as one of Diamond's kittens. We hope to have this all up on the website by the end of Sunday. Next week we will start down the Priority Wait List for the picks of Primrose and Pansy's kittens. Any kittens not picked by the Priority Wait List will be made available for adoption on the Available Kittens page. We had held off on picks until Diamond had her kittens and we knew what she had in kittens regarding color, nose type and sex.
Stay tuned for the lastest videos and photo shoots coming soon.
Diamond's Babies
April 30, 2014
This evening between the hours of 8:20 p.m. and 9:45 p.m., our Diamond delivered 4 very healthy and rambunctious babies ... and I mean rambunctious. That Kitty Bloom Wate really makes them active. Diamond made this delivery a breeze compared to my girl's line. She pretty much grunted or panted. I don't believe she hissed once. So far, it is looking like an all black Persian litter, though one may be a dark chocolate. So we didn't actually get our bicolors or chocolates that we had been looking forward to but we did get some very nice healthy babies. At this point, it looks like two girls and two boys. We finally got to meet the kitten that was kicking so much. It turned out to be a very heavy boy, baby #2. Now for the weights ... these babies are the heaviest weighted babies that our Cattery has ever produced at birth. The largest baby at birth prior to this litter was 96 grams at birth. Here is the information on these very active babies:
Baby #1 - 95 grams/3.35 oz - Black Extreme Female CPC Persian, Carrying Chocolate. Quiet. Sex is still in question.
Baby #2 - 114 grams/4.02 oz - Black Extreme Male CPC Persian, Carrying Chocolate. Very rambunctious.
Baby #3 - 98 grams/3.46 oz - Black Extreme Female CPC Persian, Carrying Chocolate. The screamer.
Baby #4 - 110 grams/3.88 oz - Black Extreme Male CPC Persian, Carrying Chocolate. The crier. Sex is still in question.
In a day or two, we will try to get a video up of them. Right now, we have fed them with a nipple on a syringe and they are now looking to nurse off their mother. Her milk is already in. We find feeding them once or twice with a nipple, helps them to actual want to nurse from their mother since they have already started sucking. Diamond is tired and resting while her babies search out her nipples.
April 30, 2014
This evening between the hours of 8:20 p.m. and 9:45 p.m., our Diamond delivered 4 very healthy and rambunctious babies ... and I mean rambunctious. That Kitty Bloom Wate really makes them active. Diamond made this delivery a breeze compared to my girl's line. She pretty much grunted or panted. I don't believe she hissed once. So far, it is looking like an all black Persian litter, though one may be a dark chocolate. So we didn't actually get our bicolors or chocolates that we had been looking forward to but we did get some very nice healthy babies. At this point, it looks like two girls and two boys. We finally got to meet the kitten that was kicking so much. It turned out to be a very heavy boy, baby #2. Now for the weights ... these babies are the heaviest weighted babies that our Cattery has ever produced at birth. The largest baby at birth prior to this litter was 96 grams at birth. Here is the information on these very active babies:
Baby #1 - 95 grams/3.35 oz - Black Extreme Female CPC Persian, Carrying Chocolate. Quiet. Sex is still in question.
Baby #2 - 114 grams/4.02 oz - Black Extreme Male CPC Persian, Carrying Chocolate. Very rambunctious.
Baby #3 - 98 grams/3.46 oz - Black Extreme Female CPC Persian, Carrying Chocolate. The screamer.
Baby #4 - 110 grams/3.88 oz - Black Extreme Male CPC Persian, Carrying Chocolate. The crier. Sex is still in question.
In a day or two, we will try to get a video up of them. Right now, we have fed them with a nipple on a syringe and they are now looking to nurse off their mother. Her milk is already in. We find feeding them once or twice with a nipple, helps them to actual want to nurse from their mother since they have already started sucking. Diamond is tired and resting while her babies search out her nipples.
Craziness
April 29, 2014
We had a crazy day of storms today. At one point tonight, all six kittens, the puppy and the adult cats, including Diamond, were all crammed into a 3' x 5' closet under the staircase as we waited out one of the many tornado warnings this evening. It took a while to get everyone in carriers and in the closet. The tornadoes got too close for comfort. The kittens did not like being in a carrier and let me know. Poor Diamond, who is due at anytime, was crying. At one point, I thought she was going to go in to labor in the closet. She is back in the Pregnancy room and we are still waiting for her to go in to labor. Now that she is back in the her room, she is calm. She keeps getting in to the back of the room's closet to nest. Hopefully she will deliver her babies soon. Stay tuned.
April 29, 2014
We had a crazy day of storms today. At one point tonight, all six kittens, the puppy and the adult cats, including Diamond, were all crammed into a 3' x 5' closet under the staircase as we waited out one of the many tornado warnings this evening. It took a while to get everyone in carriers and in the closet. The tornadoes got too close for comfort. The kittens did not like being in a carrier and let me know. Poor Diamond, who is due at anytime, was crying. At one point, I thought she was going to go in to labor in the closet. She is back in the Pregnancy room and we are still waiting for her to go in to labor. Now that she is back in the her room, she is calm. She keeps getting in to the back of the room's closet to nest. Hopefully she will deliver her babies soon. Stay tuned.
Diamond, a Black and White Non-CPC Persian, carrying the Chocolate Gene.
Diamond Update
April 27, 2014
We are now officially on birth watch with Diamond. Her babies, or one in particular on her right side, is making her jump quite a bit. We were resting with her today and she did this several times. We did check her temperature and it has not dropped yet. She really is huge and tight. She reminds me of when Pansy and Primrose's pregnant bodies when they had their five large babies. Her weight gain has not been as much as theirs during their pregnancies of 5 babies, but she is as tight as they are. She does have one very active kicking kid. Me thinks it is a boy by the way it kicks ... soccer kicking. She seems very relaxed during this pregnancy taking it all in stride except for her jumping today. Diamond started mating Willie on February 23th but she was not too receptive to him on that day. She mated the following day quite a few times, but it was not until February 25th that she could not get enough of him. I have never seen a female breeder quite enjoy her man so much. She did not even want to leave him. We counted her pregnancy days starting on February 24th, but her true date may be February 25th. So today is either Day 62 or Day 63. We usually plan on delivery for Day 64. Since she is a new breeder to us, we do not know what is a normal delivery date for her. This is her first pregnancy. So we will be vigilant from here on out. Everything is prepared and we are so excited to see what kitten color combinations and types she has in store for us. So stay tuned. It could be any day now.
April 27, 2014
We are now officially on birth watch with Diamond. Her babies, or one in particular on her right side, is making her jump quite a bit. We were resting with her today and she did this several times. We did check her temperature and it has not dropped yet. She really is huge and tight. She reminds me of when Pansy and Primrose's pregnant bodies when they had their five large babies. Her weight gain has not been as much as theirs during their pregnancies of 5 babies, but she is as tight as they are. She does have one very active kicking kid. Me thinks it is a boy by the way it kicks ... soccer kicking. She seems very relaxed during this pregnancy taking it all in stride except for her jumping today. Diamond started mating Willie on February 23th but she was not too receptive to him on that day. She mated the following day quite a few times, but it was not until February 25th that she could not get enough of him. I have never seen a female breeder quite enjoy her man so much. She did not even want to leave him. We counted her pregnancy days starting on February 24th, but her true date may be February 25th. So today is either Day 62 or Day 63. We usually plan on delivery for Day 64. Since she is a new breeder to us, we do not know what is a normal delivery date for her. This is her first pregnancy. So we will be vigilant from here on out. Everything is prepared and we are so excited to see what kitten color combinations and types she has in store for us. So stay tuned. It could be any day now.
Tots Update
Happy Birthday
April 24, 2014
The little tots had their 7 week birthday today. In celebration, they were given full access to the large, tall pink playstation in the Toddler Room. It only took a minute for the Chocolate Tortie Point to be up on the third story. We have placed their sleeping cube and red/blue playstation up against it so it is easier for them to get on it. They are all having a blast playing and jumping around on the playstation. They also graduated to the Tidy Cat Breeze Litter Box with the Pine Pelleted Litter. They still have access to their other litter boxes with the Feline Pine also. One of the little tots has already used the Tidy Box. We were so pleased. They were also given their new grown up toy that we call the Track Ball. We saw the Chocolate Tortoiseshell (regular) rolling the ball all by herself without any instructions. She is one smart cookie. We will try for a new video of the tots within the next few days. We are very busy trying to get our housework and yardwork done before the arrival of Diamond's kittens. We are looking at Monday for her possible delivery. As of Sunday, we will be in the Pregnancy Room most of the time on delivery watch.
Happy Birthday
April 24, 2014
The little tots had their 7 week birthday today. In celebration, they were given full access to the large, tall pink playstation in the Toddler Room. It only took a minute for the Chocolate Tortie Point to be up on the third story. We have placed their sleeping cube and red/blue playstation up against it so it is easier for them to get on it. They are all having a blast playing and jumping around on the playstation. They also graduated to the Tidy Cat Breeze Litter Box with the Pine Pelleted Litter. They still have access to their other litter boxes with the Feline Pine also. One of the little tots has already used the Tidy Box. We were so pleased. They were also given their new grown up toy that we call the Track Ball. We saw the Chocolate Tortoiseshell (regular) rolling the ball all by herself without any instructions. She is one smart cookie. We will try for a new video of the tots within the next few days. We are very busy trying to get our housework and yardwork done before the arrival of Diamond's kittens. We are looking at Monday for her possible delivery. As of Sunday, we will be in the Pregnancy Room most of the time on delivery watch.
Now WHY did you wake me up?
Update on Diamond
April 21, 2014
In one week, Diamond's kittens should be arriving at the Cattery. Today is Day 56 of her pregnancy. She has gained 21.51% of her prepregnancy weight. Since this is her first litter, we don't really have anything to compare the weight to, except for Pansy and Primrose's pregnancies. Pansy's pregnancy with a litter of five was 25.3% on Day 56. Primrose's pregnancy of the four largest weighted kittens we have ever had was 26.58% on Day 56. Diamond is from a completely different line than Pansy and Primrose though. She is really busting at the seams and is huge. So we are guessing she will probably have 4 kittens since she seems to be pretty evenly balanced from side to side. The babies are kicking. The kicking will step up a huge notch since she had her first taste of Kitty Bloom Wate this morning. Every night, Diamond and I have rictual we do together. When it is time to go to bed, I get in bed and lay her on my lap between my legs. I then put both of my hands on either side of her huge belly and wait. And then it happens ... I start feeling the kicks. First on one side and then the other. It has become a habit for us and Diamond graciously stays still and closes her eyes while I do the same. This is one of those times when breeding is well worth it. We are planning for delivery of the babies around Day 64 but that is just an approximate. Tomorrow we will spend time sterilizing the Nursery and getting it ready for her and her babies. We had planned to get her xrayed at The Sound Cat this week but have decided to just let nature take its course. If there is any problems during delivery, we will be making a beeline trip to The Sound Cat. We are not expecting any problems at this point and in fact hope that this new line will have an easier time at delivery than my current girl's line has had in the past. We hope her delivery goes very smoothly and that the babies are all born safe and healthy. We are so excited to see what she and Willie produce.
April 21, 2014
In one week, Diamond's kittens should be arriving at the Cattery. Today is Day 56 of her pregnancy. She has gained 21.51% of her prepregnancy weight. Since this is her first litter, we don't really have anything to compare the weight to, except for Pansy and Primrose's pregnancies. Pansy's pregnancy with a litter of five was 25.3% on Day 56. Primrose's pregnancy of the four largest weighted kittens we have ever had was 26.58% on Day 56. Diamond is from a completely different line than Pansy and Primrose though. She is really busting at the seams and is huge. So we are guessing she will probably have 4 kittens since she seems to be pretty evenly balanced from side to side. The babies are kicking. The kicking will step up a huge notch since she had her first taste of Kitty Bloom Wate this morning. Every night, Diamond and I have rictual we do together. When it is time to go to bed, I get in bed and lay her on my lap between my legs. I then put both of my hands on either side of her huge belly and wait. And then it happens ... I start feeling the kicks. First on one side and then the other. It has become a habit for us and Diamond graciously stays still and closes her eyes while I do the same. This is one of those times when breeding is well worth it. We are planning for delivery of the babies around Day 64 but that is just an approximate. Tomorrow we will spend time sterilizing the Nursery and getting it ready for her and her babies. We had planned to get her xrayed at The Sound Cat this week but have decided to just let nature take its course. If there is any problems during delivery, we will be making a beeline trip to The Sound Cat. We are not expecting any problems at this point and in fact hope that this new line will have an easier time at delivery than my current girl's line has had in the past. We hope her delivery goes very smoothly and that the babies are all born safe and healthy. We are so excited to see what she and Willie produce.
Oh Those Rambunctious Kittens
April 18, 2014
Watch the latest videos of Primrose and Pansy's very rambunctious 6 and 4 week old Persian and Himalayan kittens in their new Toddler Room with their new toys and play stations. Primrose's kittens are now 6 weeks old as of yesterday. Pansy's one kitten is 4 weeks old. Primrose has a very rare litter of all Tortoiseshells. She has two rare Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persians and a rare Chocolate Tortie Himalayan. These babies are happy and very rambunctious. They love all their new toys and space. They are eating wet food, drinking from the water fountain and using the litter boxes. They are a delight to watch. You can see individual pictures of them in their Spring Has Sprung Photo Shot available on the mother's Nurseries pages. Just click on the links to be taken to the YouTube videos.
Part 1: http://youtu.be/VCzdFEM4AYc
Part 2: http://youtu.be/MzOTK7pJnrE
April 18, 2014
Watch the latest videos of Primrose and Pansy's very rambunctious 6 and 4 week old Persian and Himalayan kittens in their new Toddler Room with their new toys and play stations. Primrose's kittens are now 6 weeks old as of yesterday. Pansy's one kitten is 4 weeks old. Primrose has a very rare litter of all Tortoiseshells. She has two rare Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persians and a rare Chocolate Tortie Himalayan. These babies are happy and very rambunctious. They love all their new toys and space. They are eating wet food, drinking from the water fountain and using the litter boxes. They are a delight to watch. You can see individual pictures of them in their Spring Has Sprung Photo Shot available on the mother's Nurseries pages. Just click on the links to be taken to the YouTube videos.
Part 1: http://youtu.be/VCzdFEM4AYc
Part 2: http://youtu.be/MzOTK7pJnrE
360 TOUR OF OUR NEW TODDLER ROOM
April 15, 2014
We have a 360 Degree Tour of our new Toddler Room at Victorian Gardens Cattery available for viewing on YouTube or on our new page of our website. The Cattery is situated in a pre-civil war era house dating back to 1846. The Toddler Room has the original heart pine floors and fireplace. This room was put in to use at our Cattery on January 1, 2014. Our adult breeders had been enjoying it while we got their new room ready for them. They got moved into their new room this past week and are enjoying it. We had been working on the Toddler Room for the last few months getting it ready for the babies. Now it was time for the babies to have their new room ready to go and just in the nick of time. The babies had already outgrown their Nursery. We wanted to get a video of the room before all the new toys come out and got scattered everywhere. Primrose and Pansy's babies have been in the Nursery since their birth and are going to experience the new Toddler Room for the first time tonight. We still need to do the window treatments and put up the pictures on the wall in the next few weeks. It was more important to get them in their new room as soon as possible and leave these other touches undone for now. The new Toddler Room should be a bright, happy and fun place for the babies to grow up in and for the new parents to meet their baby for the first time. Just click on the link above to go to our dedicated page.
April 15, 2014
We have a 360 Degree Tour of our new Toddler Room at Victorian Gardens Cattery available for viewing on YouTube or on our new page of our website. The Cattery is situated in a pre-civil war era house dating back to 1846. The Toddler Room has the original heart pine floors and fireplace. This room was put in to use at our Cattery on January 1, 2014. Our adult breeders had been enjoying it while we got their new room ready for them. They got moved into their new room this past week and are enjoying it. We had been working on the Toddler Room for the last few months getting it ready for the babies. Now it was time for the babies to have their new room ready to go and just in the nick of time. The babies had already outgrown their Nursery. We wanted to get a video of the room before all the new toys come out and got scattered everywhere. Primrose and Pansy's babies have been in the Nursery since their birth and are going to experience the new Toddler Room for the first time tonight. We still need to do the window treatments and put up the pictures on the wall in the next few weeks. It was more important to get them in their new room as soon as possible and leave these other touches undone for now. The new Toddler Room should be a bright, happy and fun place for the babies to grow up in and for the new parents to meet their baby for the first time. Just click on the link above to go to our dedicated page.
Cattery Updates
April 14, 2014
It has been a very busy time since we last blogged. The weather has been great and we have taken advantage of it in order to get some outdoor work done in the yards and the exterior of the house. We do love springtime!
Primrose and Pansy's babies are doing great, actually awesome. They are now potty trained. They have made wonderful strides in weaning on to wet food. They actually all cried when I came in to fed them tonight. They were very hungry and went through almost the whole container of the homecooked wet food with the Young Again CarnivoreRaw Supplements. I actually will need to bring in bigger plates so they can all eat on one plate together. They had been eating 2 to 3 at a time but since their appetite is increasing for wet food, they all want it at the same time. In addition to all those wonderful steps, they are now drinking from the water fountain. They are actually running around the room, with the Chocolate Point running the fastest. They definitely have outgrown the Nursery. We are hoping to move them to the new Toddler Room by the end of the week. They will have a ball in there where they can run around till their little hearts content. We are working on a custom screen door for the room which has delayed them moving in sooner. We will make a video of them in their new room as soon as they are in their with their brand new toys, including a huge pink play station.
In two weeks, we are eagerly expecting Diamond to have her babies. She is doing really good. She has become clingy over the past two weeks and has started to look for a place to nest. We have felt her baby(ies) kicking. Her belly reminds me of Pansy's belly when she had five kittens. Of course, Diamonds weight is not up to what Pansy's was so we are planning on either 3 or 4 kittens. We will take her to The Sound Cat right before her due date to check on the size of the babies, how many she is carrying and her canal girth. It will give us a good indication of what to prepare for in her delivery. We can't wait to see what she and Willie produced.
Primrose has been in heat all week and Pansy has taken over a lot of the kitten care while Primrose makes visits to our Teaser Tom. Both the Teaser Tom and Primrose have been pleased to meet each other and get very well acquainted. We will blog more about our newest Cattery member, our Teaser Tom, in the near future.
We hope everyone is enjoying spring weather where they live!
April 14, 2014
It has been a very busy time since we last blogged. The weather has been great and we have taken advantage of it in order to get some outdoor work done in the yards and the exterior of the house. We do love springtime!
Primrose and Pansy's babies are doing great, actually awesome. They are now potty trained. They have made wonderful strides in weaning on to wet food. They actually all cried when I came in to fed them tonight. They were very hungry and went through almost the whole container of the homecooked wet food with the Young Again CarnivoreRaw Supplements. I actually will need to bring in bigger plates so they can all eat on one plate together. They had been eating 2 to 3 at a time but since their appetite is increasing for wet food, they all want it at the same time. In addition to all those wonderful steps, they are now drinking from the water fountain. They are actually running around the room, with the Chocolate Point running the fastest. They definitely have outgrown the Nursery. We are hoping to move them to the new Toddler Room by the end of the week. They will have a ball in there where they can run around till their little hearts content. We are working on a custom screen door for the room which has delayed them moving in sooner. We will make a video of them in their new room as soon as they are in their with their brand new toys, including a huge pink play station.
In two weeks, we are eagerly expecting Diamond to have her babies. She is doing really good. She has become clingy over the past two weeks and has started to look for a place to nest. We have felt her baby(ies) kicking. Her belly reminds me of Pansy's belly when she had five kittens. Of course, Diamonds weight is not up to what Pansy's was so we are planning on either 3 or 4 kittens. We will take her to The Sound Cat right before her due date to check on the size of the babies, how many she is carrying and her canal girth. It will give us a good indication of what to prepare for in her delivery. We can't wait to see what she and Willie produced.
Primrose has been in heat all week and Pansy has taken over a lot of the kitten care while Primrose makes visits to our Teaser Tom. Both the Teaser Tom and Primrose have been pleased to meet each other and get very well acquainted. We will blog more about our newest Cattery member, our Teaser Tom, in the near future.
We hope everyone is enjoying spring weather where they live!
Weaning Our Kittens Video
April 9, 2014
Watch us on our latest video as we start to wean our 4 week old all tortoiseshell Persian and Himalayan kittens unto our Homemade Crockpot Chicken Wet Kitten/Cat food. If our Seal Tortie Point Himalayan is any indication, it will be a hit. We cook our chicken thighs, which are boneless, skinless, organic, hormone and antibiotic free, in a crockpot for 7 hours. We leave the cooked chicken and broth in the refrigerator overnight for the broth to congeal. Then in the morning we add the Young Again Carnivore Raw Supplements with Calcium to it after we have weighted out the cooked chicken. We also add in Salmon Oil. Our complete recipe is available on our website. It is fun and easy to make your own homemade wet kitten/cat food. It is also better for your kitten and cat because you know they are not getting any grains, but chicken meat and supplements, including prebiotics and probiotics. Our kittens last year weaned directly on to this homemade cooked kitten food and loved it. We actually had a very hard time getting them to wean on to the Young Again dry food because they loved the wet food so much. Several of our adoptive families from last year make this recipe for their kittens. You can find the recipe and more information about Young Again kitten/cat food on our website. There is a code for 10% off of Young Again available and link to Young Again. You can see the full litter in a Spring Has Sprung Photo Shoot on our website in Primrose's Nursery 2014. Just click on the link below to go directly to our YouTube Video.
http://youtu.be/wRYvSkwV4WA
April 9, 2014
Watch us on our latest video as we start to wean our 4 week old all tortoiseshell Persian and Himalayan kittens unto our Homemade Crockpot Chicken Wet Kitten/Cat food. If our Seal Tortie Point Himalayan is any indication, it will be a hit. We cook our chicken thighs, which are boneless, skinless, organic, hormone and antibiotic free, in a crockpot for 7 hours. We leave the cooked chicken and broth in the refrigerator overnight for the broth to congeal. Then in the morning we add the Young Again Carnivore Raw Supplements with Calcium to it after we have weighted out the cooked chicken. We also add in Salmon Oil. Our complete recipe is available on our website. It is fun and easy to make your own homemade wet kitten/cat food. It is also better for your kitten and cat because you know they are not getting any grains, but chicken meat and supplements, including prebiotics and probiotics. Our kittens last year weaned directly on to this homemade cooked kitten food and loved it. We actually had a very hard time getting them to wean on to the Young Again dry food because they loved the wet food so much. Several of our adoptive families from last year make this recipe for their kittens. You can find the recipe and more information about Young Again kitten/cat food on our website. There is a code for 10% off of Young Again available and link to Young Again. You can see the full litter in a Spring Has Sprung Photo Shoot on our website in Primrose's Nursery 2014. Just click on the link below to go directly to our YouTube Video.
http://youtu.be/wRYvSkwV4WA
Stuck in a Tight Spot
April 8, 2014
Please watch our very rambunctious 4 1/2 week old Tortoiseshell Persian kitten as she finds herself in a bit of a tight spot after playing with her sister, a Seal Tortie Point Himalayan. See how she gets in to her little tight spot. We had to come to her rescue. Not but a few minutes later, she was back to climbing again and guess where she was headed? Just click on the link to our YouTube video and channel.
http://youtu.be/pbyPE45lor8
April 8, 2014
Please watch our very rambunctious 4 1/2 week old Tortoiseshell Persian kitten as she finds herself in a bit of a tight spot after playing with her sister, a Seal Tortie Point Himalayan. See how she gets in to her little tight spot. We had to come to her rescue. Not but a few minutes later, she was back to climbing again and guess where she was headed? Just click on the link to our YouTube video and channel.
http://youtu.be/pbyPE45lor8
4 Week Old Kitty Litter Box Training 101
April 7, 2014
Watch our two newest videos as Primrose's 4 week old kittens try to litter box train or as we say here, potty box training. Just click on the links below to be taken to our YouTube Part 1 and Part 2 videos.
Part 1:
http://youtu.be/Tnxcfn2QZ7Y
Part 2:
http://youtu.be/pRRdB4TKjqk
April 7, 2014
Watch our two newest videos as Primrose's 4 week old kittens try to litter box train or as we say here, potty box training. Just click on the links below to be taken to our YouTube Part 1 and Part 2 videos.
Part 1:
http://youtu.be/Tnxcfn2QZ7Y
Part 2:
http://youtu.be/pRRdB4TKjqk
Spring Has Sprung at Victorian Gardens Cattery
4 Week Old Photo Shoot
April 6, 2014
Primrose's babies turned 4 weeks old this week. Pansy's baby will turn 3 weeks old on Monday. We had 649 photos taken during our Spring Photo Shoot. We picked the best of over 100 to display in our Spring Has Sprung Photo Shoots. You can view Primrose's babies Photo Shoots in Primrose's Nursery 2014 and Pansy's baby's Photo Shoot in Pansy's Nursery 2014. Each kitten has there own photo slide show that is available by either clicking on the picture of the kitten or on the title for that kitten. This week, the Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persian (reg) and the Chocolate Tortie Point Himalayan both entered the potty box and pee'd on their own. We were ecstatic. We are letting them go at their own pace with weaning and potty training, though with supervision. Pansy's baby is almost up to Primrose's babies in size. She is now walking all over the place. Primrose's babies are everywhere, climbing and playing with toys. Hopefully by the end of this coming week, they all will be using the potty box. Please click on the picture to be taken to each kittens individual photo shoot. Click on the Twins picture to be taken to a collection of their pictures taken together. Since we had to edit so many photos, we didn't get time for a video. We will try to have a new video published on Monday evening. Enjoy.
4 Week Old Photo Shoot
April 6, 2014
Primrose's babies turned 4 weeks old this week. Pansy's baby will turn 3 weeks old on Monday. We had 649 photos taken during our Spring Photo Shoot. We picked the best of over 100 to display in our Spring Has Sprung Photo Shoots. You can view Primrose's babies Photo Shoots in Primrose's Nursery 2014 and Pansy's baby's Photo Shoot in Pansy's Nursery 2014. Each kitten has there own photo slide show that is available by either clicking on the picture of the kitten or on the title for that kitten. This week, the Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persian (reg) and the Chocolate Tortie Point Himalayan both entered the potty box and pee'd on their own. We were ecstatic. We are letting them go at their own pace with weaning and potty training, though with supervision. Pansy's baby is almost up to Primrose's babies in size. She is now walking all over the place. Primrose's babies are everywhere, climbing and playing with toys. Hopefully by the end of this coming week, they all will be using the potty box. Please click on the picture to be taken to each kittens individual photo shoot. Click on the Twins picture to be taken to a collection of their pictures taken together. Since we had to edit so many photos, we didn't get time for a video. We will try to have a new video published on Monday evening. Enjoy.
Updates on Diamond, Video, Slide Show and More
March 29, 2014
Time is going by so fast as Primrose and Pansy's babies grow and grow and grow. Before I know it, they will be leaving for their forever homes. We try to savor ever minute with them. They are so precious. Pansy and Primrose make the great team as they work together to nurse and attend to every need of this blended family of two litters. It is so precious to see the bond that they have for one another and the bond they have for each others babies. If you ask Pansy, she would say they were all her babies and Primrose would say the same thing. There is not competition or fighting, just honest and loving team work. It is a blessing. The babies are all doing great. They are all walking. Pansy's baby's eyes opened several days ago. I am so glad she was able to have siblings in Primrose's babies. It would have been lonely for her to be by herself. I am glad that the litters were blended together. The bond is tight. Right now, the newest video is being loaded up on to YouTube and should be available for viewing tonight. There is also a slide show of some candid photos taken today. Enjoy these precious babies and their mothers. You can click on the link below to go to the YouTube video for today.
http://youtu.be/sI5o_5pWPaM
I also wanted to give an update on Diamond's pregnancy. This girl is doing great. She is now exactly half way through her pregnancy. She has a nice fat tummy. Her weight gain is neck and neck with what my girls were on this day of their pregnancy. In fact, Diamond is running slightly ahead of them. Her appetite has really picked up also. I am catching her a lot at the food bowls. Today is Day 27 of her pregnancy and she has now had a weight gain of 10.2% of her prepregnancy weight. At this day of Pansy's litter of five, Pansy was at 8.92%. Things are looking good! Her babies are expected around April 28th, which would be Day 64.
March 29, 2014
Time is going by so fast as Primrose and Pansy's babies grow and grow and grow. Before I know it, they will be leaving for their forever homes. We try to savor ever minute with them. They are so precious. Pansy and Primrose make the great team as they work together to nurse and attend to every need of this blended family of two litters. It is so precious to see the bond that they have for one another and the bond they have for each others babies. If you ask Pansy, she would say they were all her babies and Primrose would say the same thing. There is not competition or fighting, just honest and loving team work. It is a blessing. The babies are all doing great. They are all walking. Pansy's baby's eyes opened several days ago. I am so glad she was able to have siblings in Primrose's babies. It would have been lonely for her to be by herself. I am glad that the litters were blended together. The bond is tight. Right now, the newest video is being loaded up on to YouTube and should be available for viewing tonight. There is also a slide show of some candid photos taken today. Enjoy these precious babies and their mothers. You can click on the link below to go to the YouTube video for today.
http://youtu.be/sI5o_5pWPaM
I also wanted to give an update on Diamond's pregnancy. This girl is doing great. She is now exactly half way through her pregnancy. She has a nice fat tummy. Her weight gain is neck and neck with what my girls were on this day of their pregnancy. In fact, Diamond is running slightly ahead of them. Her appetite has really picked up also. I am catching her a lot at the food bowls. Today is Day 27 of her pregnancy and she has now had a weight gain of 10.2% of her prepregnancy weight. At this day of Pansy's litter of five, Pansy was at 8.92%. Things are looking good! Her babies are expected around April 28th, which would be Day 64.
Rare Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persians called The Twins
Girls, Girls and More Girls
March 24, 2014
Enjoy the latest slide shows of Primrose and Pansy's girls taken on March 23, 2014. You can view the slide shows in Primrose's Nursery 2014 and in Pansy's Nursery 2014. Primrose's babies were on Day 18 and Pansy's baby was on Day 7.
March 24, 2014
Enjoy the latest slide shows of Primrose and Pansy's girls taken on March 23, 2014. You can view the slide shows in Primrose's Nursery 2014 and in Pansy's Nursery 2014. Primrose's babies were on Day 18 and Pansy's baby was on Day 7.
Videos and Updates
March 23, 2014
We just published our newest videos of both Primrose and Pansy's babies. We are one happy Persian and Himalayan family as two litters merge into one happy family. Featured are a rare 18 day old ALL Persian and Himalayan Tortoiseshell litter, including two very rare Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persians, a rare Chocolate Tortie Point Himalayan, a Black Tortie Point Himalayan and a Black Tortoiseshell Persian. The Tortoiseshell Persian Himalayan litter is from Primrose and Willie. Also featured is Willie and Pansy's 7 day old beautiful Black Silk Coated Persian. Since Pansy only had one kitten in her litter, she is helping Primrose with the nursing of her five babies. We apologize for accidentally having our hand over the speaker during part of the filming. You can click on the links to go to directly to the YouTube videos.
http://youtu.be/QEJxWiSd07c
and
http://youtu.be/CbOIpxiCuHk
We did not have any luck filming Pansy's baby. It is just so hard to get a good clip with black fur. We did take some new photos which we will have up on Monday. Pansy's baby doubled her weight from birth today. We also saw that one of her eyes was starting to open. She is a very solid girl and is taking Primrose's babies close proximity in stride.
Diamond is now on Day 28 of her pregnancy. Her weight in the last few days has really picked up. Her babies are expected around April 28, 2014. She is a nonCPC, meaning she does not carry the Himalayan gene/Color Point gene so all her babies with Willie will be Persians. We are expected 1/2 bicolors and 1/2 solids with hopefully 1/2 being chocolate, either chocolate bicolors or solid chocolates.
March 23, 2014
We just published our newest videos of both Primrose and Pansy's babies. We are one happy Persian and Himalayan family as two litters merge into one happy family. Featured are a rare 18 day old ALL Persian and Himalayan Tortoiseshell litter, including two very rare Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persians, a rare Chocolate Tortie Point Himalayan, a Black Tortie Point Himalayan and a Black Tortoiseshell Persian. The Tortoiseshell Persian Himalayan litter is from Primrose and Willie. Also featured is Willie and Pansy's 7 day old beautiful Black Silk Coated Persian. Since Pansy only had one kitten in her litter, she is helping Primrose with the nursing of her five babies. We apologize for accidentally having our hand over the speaker during part of the filming. You can click on the links to go to directly to the YouTube videos.
http://youtu.be/QEJxWiSd07c
and
http://youtu.be/CbOIpxiCuHk
We did not have any luck filming Pansy's baby. It is just so hard to get a good clip with black fur. We did take some new photos which we will have up on Monday. Pansy's baby doubled her weight from birth today. We also saw that one of her eyes was starting to open. She is a very solid girl and is taking Primrose's babies close proximity in stride.
Diamond is now on Day 28 of her pregnancy. Her weight in the last few days has really picked up. Her babies are expected around April 28, 2014. She is a nonCPC, meaning she does not carry the Himalayan gene/Color Point gene so all her babies with Willie will be Persians. We are expected 1/2 bicolors and 1/2 solids with hopefully 1/2 being chocolate, either chocolate bicolors or solid chocolates.
Litter Updates
March 22, 2014
We just wanted to jot a quick blog to let you know that both Primrose and Pansy's litters are doing great. Pansy's baby is as fat as can be since she has her choice of all the Pansy nipples. Primrose's babies now all have their gorgeous eyes open and many are starting to walk. Pansy helps Primrose with the nursing of one or two of Primrose's babies. It just depends on who is fighting over a Primrose nipple the most or who needs to gain a bit more weight. Pansy takes them in as her own babies. Actually, when she doesn't have a Primrose baby to fed, she cries and cries and cries till you give her one. She really doesn't know why she only had one baby and it is just not sitting to well with her. She is use to litters of 4 and 5.
So tomorrow evening, Sunday, we will produce a new video of the litters for everyone to enjoy. You just will not believe the changes ... all good. And yes, Primrose's Chocolate is indeed a Chocolate Tortie making this a very rare litter of all Tortoiseshells. We feel very blessed. We will be keeping the Chocolate Tortie as a future breeder. She has a gorgeous extreme face. This baby looks and acts the exact same way Little Miracle did when he was this age. It must be a chocolate thing.
So stay tuned tomorrow evening for new videos.
March 22, 2014
We just wanted to jot a quick blog to let you know that both Primrose and Pansy's litters are doing great. Pansy's baby is as fat as can be since she has her choice of all the Pansy nipples. Primrose's babies now all have their gorgeous eyes open and many are starting to walk. Pansy helps Primrose with the nursing of one or two of Primrose's babies. It just depends on who is fighting over a Primrose nipple the most or who needs to gain a bit more weight. Pansy takes them in as her own babies. Actually, when she doesn't have a Primrose baby to fed, she cries and cries and cries till you give her one. She really doesn't know why she only had one baby and it is just not sitting to well with her. She is use to litters of 4 and 5.
So tomorrow evening, Sunday, we will produce a new video of the litters for everyone to enjoy. You just will not believe the changes ... all good. And yes, Primrose's Chocolate is indeed a Chocolate Tortie making this a very rare litter of all Tortoiseshells. We feel very blessed. We will be keeping the Chocolate Tortie as a future breeder. She has a gorgeous extreme face. This baby looks and acts the exact same way Little Miracle did when he was this age. It must be a chocolate thing.
So stay tuned tomorrow evening for new videos.
Day 13
March 17, 2014
Primrose's 13 day old babies are keeping her busy. They are a lively group. Several have their eyes opened. Today they got their first walk on the blanket in their Nursery. They did more nursing than walking. So much fun to come. More pictures available in Primrose's Nursery 2014.
March 17, 2014
Primrose's 13 day old babies are keeping her busy. They are a lively group. Several have their eyes opened. Today they got their first walk on the blanket in their Nursery. They did more nursing than walking. So much fun to come. More pictures available in Primrose's Nursery 2014.
Day 2
March 18, 2014
She is just too precious. She was instantly a cuddlier. She loves to snuggle under the cuddle blanket as far as she can go. She loves to climb. She is so mature. She has the most gorgeous silky and shiny black coat. Her little cobby, heavy body is perfect. Of course, she is eating way too much, just like her mommy. I think I am in love. Read more about her in Pansy's Nursery 2014.
March 18, 2014
She is just too precious. She was instantly a cuddlier. She loves to snuggle under the cuddle blanket as far as she can go. She loves to climb. She is so mature. She has the most gorgeous silky and shiny black coat. Her little cobby, heavy body is perfect. Of course, she is eating way too much, just like her mommy. I think I am in love. Read more about her in Pansy's Nursery 2014.
Pansy and her newborn Black Persian female.
Pansy's Baby
March 17, 2014
At 2:45 a.m. this morning, Pansy delivered a very healthy large Black Persian female. This baby is very cobby and heavy boned. Right now, she looks like she may be an extreme face. She has a beautiful silk coat which is going to be a breeze to take care of. She weighted in at 94 grams which is large for my Cattery standards. Within the first 10 hours, the baby added another 10 grams to make 104 grams. At this rate, Pansy's baby will be caught up to Primrose's babies in no time. God perfectly knitted this baby together in the womb. The baby actually looks the spitting imagine of The Perfect Dahlia. She has the same face shape and silky black fur that Dahlia had at birth. The baby is also a chocolate carrier and possibly a dilute carrier.
Pansy of course is looking around for more kittens to nurse. We have brought in one of Primrose's babies to nurse on Pansy for a while and this seems to calm her down. We will continue to do this till her true milk is in. We had Pansy and Primrose in the same room in the early morning hours but they both were protective of their babies. So Pansy is now in her own nursery. In a week we may try putting them in the same room. They are mother and daughter and are use to each other and have a very good relationship.
You can watch the first video of Pansy and her baby taken approximately 11 hours after the delivery. Hope you all enjoy it.
http://youtu.be/vmFFP8ncxu4
Day 11 Video of Primrose's Rare
Persian and Himalayan Tortoiseshell Litter
March 16, 2014
http://youtu.be/t1qGyjZ69Gc
Persian and Himalayan Tortoiseshell Litter
March 16, 2014
http://youtu.be/t1qGyjZ69Gc
CFA PERSIAN AND HIMALAYAN
SHOW STANDARDS
March 16, 2014
The Cat Fancier's Association, abbreviated CFA, provides a PDF document for the Persian and Himalayan Show Standards, which includes the standard for each color class in the Persian and Himalayan Breed.
We, at Victorian Gardens Cattery, use this standard as a judge of type when determining if our kittens are pet quality or show quality. It is also used in determining the color standard for each kitten. We have provided a link to the actual CFA PDF file for your review included in the new page on our Website with this. The page lists some of the most common CFA color standards we have at Victorian Gardens Cattery in our kittens. The listing of color standards are direct quotes from the CFA PDF document. We are providing this special page on our website since the colors of kittens being born at our Cattery are expanding and we are getting some of the more rare colors in kittens. We are only listing the colors that we currently or in the past have produced or are expecting to produce in the near future. Please take a look at the PDF file or our color listing on our new page.
CFA PERSIAN AND HIMALAYAN BREED SHOW STANDARDS
Asleep in her mother's fur. Precious.
Cattery Updates
March 15, 2014
It is Saturday evening at the Cattery and all is calm and still as we await the arrival of Pansy's baby. Pansy is on Day 65 of her pregnancy and we suspect the baby will come at any time all the way up to Monday. We will be staying in the Pregnancy Room from here on out, except for time to clean out litter boxes, prepare food and attend to Primrose and her babies. Diamond keeps wanting to get in the Pregnancy Room. She must know that is the room she is suppose to be in. As soon a Pansy has her baby, Pansy and her baby will be moved in to the same Nursery that Primrose is in. If there is any problems between the mothers, then we will move Pansy to her own Nursery. Since they are mother and daughter we are not expecting any problems but Primrose is fiercely protective of her precious ones. Primrose gently let me know this morning that my visit was up. She sat down in front of me and their bed and looked up at me as if to say, "your time is up". She really is so smart and such a good mother.
Primrose's babies are now 10 days old. Time just has flown so fast. By this past Friday, all the babies had doubled their birth weight. The smallest one already has a slit opening in one of her eyes. She is the one we still do not know if she is a Chocolate Point or Chocolate Tortie Point. It is extremely hard to tell since there is very little variation between pink and cinnamon pink on the paw pads. Also, Chocolates are late developers. Hopefully this coming week, we will have a better idea but our guess is a Chocolate Tortie Point since we are not seeing an even color on the toe pads. If she does happen to be a Chocolate Tortie Point, we will have a whole litter of Tortoiseshells which is very rare. This week we expect their eyes to all open. The Black Tortoiseshell and the more red Chocolate Tortoiseshell were actually cleaning themselves this afternoon. After their eyes open this week, they will start to play with each other and then will start trying out their legs. It is all just going way too fast. These babies have nice big and full bellies. Once they are filled with milk, they fall over asleep. They are all adorable. We will try for a video tomorrow, Sunday, if Pansy is peaceful and not in labor. We can't wait to show everyone how much they have grown since the last video. We will blog when the video is uploaded to YouTube tomorrow. Here is a picture we took yesterday. Do you know who it is?
Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday.
Primrose's Seven Day Old Babies
March 12, 2014
From left to right: Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persian, Black Tortoiseshell Persian, Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persian, Chocolate Point or Chocolate Tortie Point Himalayan, Tortie Point Himalayan.
March 12, 2014
From left to right: Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persian, Black Tortoiseshell Persian, Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persian, Chocolate Point or Chocolate Tortie Point Himalayan, Tortie Point Himalayan.
Surprises and New Video
March 11, 2014
Most everyone likes surprises, if they are good surprises. Well, in the last two days, we have had a few surprises. Primrose and Willie's babies turned 6 days old today. We were gone all day yesterday to The Sound Cat for a major surgery on one of our new boys ... story will follow later. Since we had to go all the way down to Wilmington to the Vet, we decided to take Pansy down for a x-ray to find out how many babies she had, their sizes, her girth and how everything looked. We got our first surprise when we found that she only had one kitten in her. I must say, I was disappointed but happy to hear she did not need a C-Section. She was on Day 60 of her pregnancy and the babies head was 27 mm and her birth canal girth was 32 mm. Dr. Williams thought she could have the kitten with a normal delivery. I was very relieved since C-Sections are really hard on the mother and the babies.
The best part of yesterday happened while I was resting in the car waiting for the ok to take our new boy home after the surgery. It was late afternoon and I had the seat down as far as it could go so I could catch a cat nap. You see we all had to get up at 4:00 a.m. for the long drive and I had had very little sleep from helping feed the babies for the last couple of nights. Well, my dear sweet Pansy got on my stomach and laid there. And then it happened ... I felt the movement and the tap tap tap on my stomach. I can't tell you how great a feeling it was to have Pansy's baby moving all around and being able to feel its movements on my stomach. Go ahead and call me crazy but it felt wonderful. I had never been able to conceive a baby and this was about as close as I would ever get to feeling a baby in a womb. It was so wonderful. I was so grateful that Pansy gave me this experience. I don't know how she is able to sleep through all that movement and kicking.
When we got home from being gone almost 17 hours, it was to find no babies in the bed. I heard babies crying but no babies were in site. I guess Primrose was in protective mode and hid them since she knew I was not at home. She had placed the biggest baby by herself and the others were huddled in towels on the bottom shelf of the bookcase. I was so worried about them all day long but I didn't need to. All her babies had gained weight while I was gone and Primrose looked like she was feeling so much better. When I got all the babies back in their bed, that was when I experienced another surprise. The largest Himi was no longer a Seal but a female Tortie Point Himalayan. It is really an unbelievable litter with, so far, 4 Tortoiseshells. It is unheard of. The verdict is still out on the 5th. It is either a Chocolate Tortie Point Himalayan or a Chocolate Point Himalayan. I must say, this litter has gone beyond any of my preconceived expectations. I just can't wait to see their eyes open and their hair puff out.
We have just uploaded a new video of Primrose's Babies on Day 6. Just click on the link. Don't forget to "like" the video. Enjoy.
http://youtu.be/YicMnqV0OjAe
To top it off, it looks like our Diamond is already pinking up early. We will keep a close watch the next few days just to make sure our eyes didn't play a trick on us. We went ahead and shaved her belly today so we can more easily see her nipples. I have noticed her weight has picked up over the last few weeks. We will try to weight her tomorrow.
So stay tuned. Pansy should be delivering her baby this weekend or next Monday and Diamonds are expected near the end of April.
March 11, 2014
Most everyone likes surprises, if they are good surprises. Well, in the last two days, we have had a few surprises. Primrose and Willie's babies turned 6 days old today. We were gone all day yesterday to The Sound Cat for a major surgery on one of our new boys ... story will follow later. Since we had to go all the way down to Wilmington to the Vet, we decided to take Pansy down for a x-ray to find out how many babies she had, their sizes, her girth and how everything looked. We got our first surprise when we found that she only had one kitten in her. I must say, I was disappointed but happy to hear she did not need a C-Section. She was on Day 60 of her pregnancy and the babies head was 27 mm and her birth canal girth was 32 mm. Dr. Williams thought she could have the kitten with a normal delivery. I was very relieved since C-Sections are really hard on the mother and the babies.
The best part of yesterday happened while I was resting in the car waiting for the ok to take our new boy home after the surgery. It was late afternoon and I had the seat down as far as it could go so I could catch a cat nap. You see we all had to get up at 4:00 a.m. for the long drive and I had had very little sleep from helping feed the babies for the last couple of nights. Well, my dear sweet Pansy got on my stomach and laid there. And then it happened ... I felt the movement and the tap tap tap on my stomach. I can't tell you how great a feeling it was to have Pansy's baby moving all around and being able to feel its movements on my stomach. Go ahead and call me crazy but it felt wonderful. I had never been able to conceive a baby and this was about as close as I would ever get to feeling a baby in a womb. It was so wonderful. I was so grateful that Pansy gave me this experience. I don't know how she is able to sleep through all that movement and kicking.
When we got home from being gone almost 17 hours, it was to find no babies in the bed. I heard babies crying but no babies were in site. I guess Primrose was in protective mode and hid them since she knew I was not at home. She had placed the biggest baby by herself and the others were huddled in towels on the bottom shelf of the bookcase. I was so worried about them all day long but I didn't need to. All her babies had gained weight while I was gone and Primrose looked like she was feeling so much better. When I got all the babies back in their bed, that was when I experienced another surprise. The largest Himi was no longer a Seal but a female Tortie Point Himalayan. It is really an unbelievable litter with, so far, 4 Tortoiseshells. It is unheard of. The verdict is still out on the 5th. It is either a Chocolate Tortie Point Himalayan or a Chocolate Point Himalayan. I must say, this litter has gone beyond any of my preconceived expectations. I just can't wait to see their eyes open and their hair puff out.
We have just uploaded a new video of Primrose's Babies on Day 6. Just click on the link. Don't forget to "like" the video. Enjoy.
http://youtu.be/YicMnqV0OjAe
To top it off, it looks like our Diamond is already pinking up early. We will keep a close watch the next few days just to make sure our eyes didn't play a trick on us. We went ahead and shaved her belly today so we can more easily see her nipples. I have noticed her weight has picked up over the last few weeks. We will try to weight her tomorrow.
So stay tuned. Pansy should be delivering her baby this weekend or next Monday and Diamonds are expected near the end of April.
Cattery Updates
March 9, 2014
We just wanted to give a quick update on Primrose's babies and Pansy's pregnancy. Primrose's babies were 4 days old today. I can't believe that time went that fast. They are all nursing well. We are supplemental feeding all of them to give Primrose a break. We weight several times a day to make sure no one is loosing weight and everyone is gaining. Now poor Primrose .... she has her hands full. This litter is very active, moving, fighting and fussing. If one gets their nipple taken away from them, everyone knows it. So you can imagine if two of them get their nipple taken away from them. When this happens, I try to assist by feeding everyone a little bit of KMR till they settle down and fall to sleep. The C-Section may have slowed Primrose's milk from coming in full. Hopefully she will catch up with their very big appetites. The Chocolate Tortoiseshells are adorable with their pink little noses. The Black Tortoiseshell is one solid and big girl. She latches on to a nipple and will not let go. The Himis ... well the verdict is still out on them regarding their sex and color. So much can change in a week. The smallest Himi packs one large set of lungs. LOL
Pansy will go down to The Sound Cat tomorrow for an xray to see how many babies she is carrying and if they are small enough to fit through the birth canal. If they are, we will plan on a normal delivery and no C-Section. I feel normal delivery is easiest on the babies and mother. So we will have to see what the xrays show.
Diamond's pregnancy verification is next Monday. We have been feeding her Kitty Bloom Vitamins since her mating just in chance she is pregnant. We so hope so.
Since tomorrow we will be at the Vet ... we will plan on either pictures or a new video of Primrose's babies on Tuesday and an update on Pansy and her babies.
Hope everyone has a great week ahead. The weather is suppose to be in the 60s and 70s here. We can't wait!
March 9, 2014
We just wanted to give a quick update on Primrose's babies and Pansy's pregnancy. Primrose's babies were 4 days old today. I can't believe that time went that fast. They are all nursing well. We are supplemental feeding all of them to give Primrose a break. We weight several times a day to make sure no one is loosing weight and everyone is gaining. Now poor Primrose .... she has her hands full. This litter is very active, moving, fighting and fussing. If one gets their nipple taken away from them, everyone knows it. So you can imagine if two of them get their nipple taken away from them. When this happens, I try to assist by feeding everyone a little bit of KMR till they settle down and fall to sleep. The C-Section may have slowed Primrose's milk from coming in full. Hopefully she will catch up with their very big appetites. The Chocolate Tortoiseshells are adorable with their pink little noses. The Black Tortoiseshell is one solid and big girl. She latches on to a nipple and will not let go. The Himis ... well the verdict is still out on them regarding their sex and color. So much can change in a week. The smallest Himi packs one large set of lungs. LOL
Pansy will go down to The Sound Cat tomorrow for an xray to see how many babies she is carrying and if they are small enough to fit through the birth canal. If they are, we will plan on a normal delivery and no C-Section. I feel normal delivery is easiest on the babies and mother. So we will have to see what the xrays show.
Diamond's pregnancy verification is next Monday. We have been feeding her Kitty Bloom Vitamins since her mating just in chance she is pregnant. We so hope so.
Since tomorrow we will be at the Vet ... we will plan on either pictures or a new video of Primrose's babies on Tuesday and an update on Pansy and her babies.
Hope everyone has a great week ahead. The weather is suppose to be in the 60s and 70s here. We can't wait!
Rare Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persian Videos
Day 2
March 7, 2014
We have just uploaded on to our YouTube Channel "weloveourkittens" two videos of Primrose's rare Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persians along with the three other beautiful babies. Just click on the links to go directly to our YouTube Channel and the first video. You can subscribe to our channel to be given immediate notice when our videos are published.We hope you enjoy seeing these day old newborns. I can't wait to see there development. If you like the video, please "like" the video and leave a comment. Feel free to share the video on your social media. Thanks and enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIGgNrwdNtQ&list=UUSoxWaAzOtuXzachkZZ-vxA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uB5V5pKXUI&feature=youtu.b
Day 2
March 7, 2014
We have just uploaded on to our YouTube Channel "weloveourkittens" two videos of Primrose's rare Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persians along with the three other beautiful babies. Just click on the links to go directly to our YouTube Channel and the first video. You can subscribe to our channel to be given immediate notice when our videos are published.We hope you enjoy seeing these day old newborns. I can't wait to see there development. If you like the video, please "like" the video and leave a comment. Feel free to share the video on your social media. Thanks and enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIGgNrwdNtQ&list=UUSoxWaAzOtuXzachkZZ-vxA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uB5V5pKXUI&feature=youtu.b
Primrose And Willie's Babies Have Arrived
March 6, 2014
Wow, what a day it was. First, Primrose decided to go in to labor on the way to The Sound Cat, a three hour drive away from our home. I had never been happier to see a Vet Office before. Primrose's babies arrived today at The Sound Cat in Wilmington, North Carolina by C-Section. One look at the x-ray and Dr. Williams knew a C-Section was in order. She counted five large kittens. One kitten, who will be affectionately called "the bruiser" for now, had a head circumference of 33.15 mm, however, Primrose's birth canal girth was only 32.15 mm. A nice young volunteer named Collin was nice enough to take pictures for us of Primrose's C-Section. Do not worry, it is not real graphic. Four Vet staff lined up one right after the other to take a baby from Dr. Williams and start to try to wake it up. During a C-Section, the babies are affected by the anesthesia so it does take some work to get them woken up, breathing and moving. Those poor babies were squeezed and pinched so much try to wake them up. Who knew that newborn kittens would be so sensitive to having their tails and fingers pressed on, but it worked. Jeanne O'Donnell of Donegal Cattery was there to help also. We rubbed and rubbed on those babies. Now Primrose ... well she was up and walking around within an hour just like nothing had happened. What a trooper. Went want to thank the great staff and Dr. Williams for their great work today with Primrose and her babies. Thank you!
Now on to those babies ... five beautiful and "large" babies that make us proud. For a while now, I have prayed for an extreme faced Tortoiseshell Persian, and I think Willie and Primrose, in concert with God, answered my prayer. I also, for a long time, had been dreaming of that rare and exclusive Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persian. Well, I think those dreams may have also came true, not just once but twice today. What a blessing. It goes without saying that most Tortoiseshells are always girls. Now on to the boys ... it is looking like we have two Flame Point Himalayan boys. Now I am going to wait a day or two just to make sure those points don't turn a darker color and become Seals. I will wait a week or two to determine for sure if the kittens are doll faced or extreme faced.
What a blessing this litter has turned out to be. I just can't wait to see them all develop. They are all nursing and doing well. In fact, so well, that they are now fighting over the nipples at less than 9 hours old.
A pictorial slide show is available of Primrose's C-Section and her newborn babies. Do not fear, it is not too graphic.
We hope to do a video either tonight or tomorrow of the babies, so stay tuned.
Since Primrose did not have more than 5 kittens and we do not know how many kittens Pansy is carrying, we are now closing the Priority Wait List until after Pansy's kittens are born and Diamond's pregnancy can be confirmed. At that time, we may reopen spots on our Priority Wait List. If you have any questions about the Wait List, please contact us. If you already have an approved application and kitten deposit in, your place is established on the Wait List.
March 6, 2014
Wow, what a day it was. First, Primrose decided to go in to labor on the way to The Sound Cat, a three hour drive away from our home. I had never been happier to see a Vet Office before. Primrose's babies arrived today at The Sound Cat in Wilmington, North Carolina by C-Section. One look at the x-ray and Dr. Williams knew a C-Section was in order. She counted five large kittens. One kitten, who will be affectionately called "the bruiser" for now, had a head circumference of 33.15 mm, however, Primrose's birth canal girth was only 32.15 mm. A nice young volunteer named Collin was nice enough to take pictures for us of Primrose's C-Section. Do not worry, it is not real graphic. Four Vet staff lined up one right after the other to take a baby from Dr. Williams and start to try to wake it up. During a C-Section, the babies are affected by the anesthesia so it does take some work to get them woken up, breathing and moving. Those poor babies were squeezed and pinched so much try to wake them up. Who knew that newborn kittens would be so sensitive to having their tails and fingers pressed on, but it worked. Jeanne O'Donnell of Donegal Cattery was there to help also. We rubbed and rubbed on those babies. Now Primrose ... well she was up and walking around within an hour just like nothing had happened. What a trooper. Went want to thank the great staff and Dr. Williams for their great work today with Primrose and her babies. Thank you!
Now on to those babies ... five beautiful and "large" babies that make us proud. For a while now, I have prayed for an extreme faced Tortoiseshell Persian, and I think Willie and Primrose, in concert with God, answered my prayer. I also, for a long time, had been dreaming of that rare and exclusive Chocolate Tortoiseshell Persian. Well, I think those dreams may have also came true, not just once but twice today. What a blessing. It goes without saying that most Tortoiseshells are always girls. Now on to the boys ... it is looking like we have two Flame Point Himalayan boys. Now I am going to wait a day or two just to make sure those points don't turn a darker color and become Seals. I will wait a week or two to determine for sure if the kittens are doll faced or extreme faced.
What a blessing this litter has turned out to be. I just can't wait to see them all develop. They are all nursing and doing well. In fact, so well, that they are now fighting over the nipples at less than 9 hours old.
A pictorial slide show is available of Primrose's C-Section and her newborn babies. Do not fear, it is not too graphic.
We hope to do a video either tonight or tomorrow of the babies, so stay tuned.
Since Primrose did not have more than 5 kittens and we do not know how many kittens Pansy is carrying, we are now closing the Priority Wait List until after Pansy's kittens are born and Diamond's pregnancy can be confirmed. At that time, we may reopen spots on our Priority Wait List. If you have any questions about the Wait List, please contact us. If you already have an approved application and kitten deposit in, your place is established on the Wait List.
Primrose Update
March 5, 2014
Primrose rested comfortably today. Her appetite was off, so we know she is nearing labor. Her weight gain as of today, Day 64, was 50.42%, with a 3.57 lb increase since she was first mated on January 1. Her babies were really kicking today. She figured out that the Kitty Bloom Wate was making them active so she would not eat her wet food with it in it. She is a smart girl and has very smart babies. We will be going to the Vet very early in the morning for an evaluation and possibly C-Section. We will blog once everyone is back and settled in.
March 5, 2014
Primrose rested comfortably today. Her appetite was off, so we know she is nearing labor. Her weight gain as of today, Day 64, was 50.42%, with a 3.57 lb increase since she was first mated on January 1. Her babies were really kicking today. She figured out that the Kitty Bloom Wate was making them active so she would not eat her wet food with it in it. She is a smart girl and has very smart babies. We will be going to the Vet very early in the morning for an evaluation and possibly C-Section. We will blog once everyone is back and settled in.
Primrose Update
March 4, 2013
We just wanted to give a quick update on how Primrose is doing. She is now completing Day 63 of her pregnancy. Thankfully, we made it through the day without her going in to labor. She was much more comfortable today. I think yesterday the babies must have been repositioning themselves. She has been eating up a storm. There has been no sign of the start of labor. We just need her to stay that way till Thursday morning when she goes to The Sound Cat for her evaluation and possible C-Section. Today her weight had increased and is now at a whopping 49.01% of her prepregnancy weight. I bet she hits the 50% mark tomorrow. Her 2012 pregnancy, she had a weight increase of 32.21% when she was carrying 4 of the largest kittens we have ever had at our Cattery. Hopefully we all rest good tonight and have no unexpected surprises. Stay tuned.
March 4, 2013
We just wanted to give a quick update on how Primrose is doing. She is now completing Day 63 of her pregnancy. Thankfully, we made it through the day without her going in to labor. She was much more comfortable today. I think yesterday the babies must have been repositioning themselves. She has been eating up a storm. There has been no sign of the start of labor. We just need her to stay that way till Thursday morning when she goes to The Sound Cat for her evaluation and possible C-Section. Today her weight had increased and is now at a whopping 49.01% of her prepregnancy weight. I bet she hits the 50% mark tomorrow. Her 2012 pregnancy, she had a weight increase of 32.21% when she was carrying 4 of the largest kittens we have ever had at our Cattery. Hopefully we all rest good tonight and have no unexpected surprises. Stay tuned.
Primrose and Pansy Updates
March 3, 2014
I just came from weighting Primrose and Pansy around 7 p.m. this evening. Primrose's weight is ever astounding me. Today she is at Day 62 of her pregnancy with her first day starting on the day she was first mated to Willie. Today she has gained 47.95% of her prepregnancy weight taken on Day 1 of her mating. She has gained almost 3 1/2 pounds so far. She was scheduled for a potential C-Section tomorrow morning but we just got hit by freezing rain. The temperature for the morning meant black ice. So we had to reschedule her potential C-Section to Thursday morning. Jeanne O'Donnell of Donegal Cattery with be with us at The Sound Cat on Thursday to help Dr. Williams, her staff and me with the newborns. I believe we all will have our hands full. We just hope Primrose waits that long. Today was the first day that she showed signs of discomfort. She spent a lot of time just sitting up, falling asleep. I guess it is the only position she can have some relief from the discomfort of the babies bouncing all around ... and I mean bouncing. You can actually watch them bouncing, kicking and moving in her womb. She keeps wanting to nest in the back of the closet. We have heavy objects placed to keep her out but she always finds a way in. We will be on watch from here on out, staying with her in the Pregnancy Room throughout the day and night. We ordered more feeding supplies today since we will probably have to help Primrose with feeding, if her litter is larger than 6, which I expect it is. Primrose has just made the Cattery record books for the most weight gained during pregnancy. She actually made that record weeks ago. She will now be making the Cattery record books for having the most kittens in one litter I suspect.
Pansy is right beside Primrose when it comes to sleeping and eating. I love their mother daughter relationship. She has exactly two weeks till her delivery. As of this evening, she has gained 20.58% of what she weighted on Day 15 of her pregnancy. We go back and forth on figuring out how many kittens she is carrying. She had a large increase on her weight today.
We finally finished painting the Toddler Room and are arranging the furniture in there now. Hopefully we will be taking a video of it shortly.
Stay tuned to all the exciting events happening this week ....
March 3, 2014
I just came from weighting Primrose and Pansy around 7 p.m. this evening. Primrose's weight is ever astounding me. Today she is at Day 62 of her pregnancy with her first day starting on the day she was first mated to Willie. Today she has gained 47.95% of her prepregnancy weight taken on Day 1 of her mating. She has gained almost 3 1/2 pounds so far. She was scheduled for a potential C-Section tomorrow morning but we just got hit by freezing rain. The temperature for the morning meant black ice. So we had to reschedule her potential C-Section to Thursday morning. Jeanne O'Donnell of Donegal Cattery with be with us at The Sound Cat on Thursday to help Dr. Williams, her staff and me with the newborns. I believe we all will have our hands full. We just hope Primrose waits that long. Today was the first day that she showed signs of discomfort. She spent a lot of time just sitting up, falling asleep. I guess it is the only position she can have some relief from the discomfort of the babies bouncing all around ... and I mean bouncing. You can actually watch them bouncing, kicking and moving in her womb. She keeps wanting to nest in the back of the closet. We have heavy objects placed to keep her out but she always finds a way in. We will be on watch from here on out, staying with her in the Pregnancy Room throughout the day and night. We ordered more feeding supplies today since we will probably have to help Primrose with feeding, if her litter is larger than 6, which I expect it is. Primrose has just made the Cattery record books for the most weight gained during pregnancy. She actually made that record weeks ago. She will now be making the Cattery record books for having the most kittens in one litter I suspect.
Pansy is right beside Primrose when it comes to sleeping and eating. I love their mother daughter relationship. She has exactly two weeks till her delivery. As of this evening, she has gained 20.58% of what she weighted on Day 15 of her pregnancy. We go back and forth on figuring out how many kittens she is carrying. She had a large increase on her weight today.
We finally finished painting the Toddler Room and are arranging the furniture in there now. Hopefully we will be taking a video of it shortly.
Stay tuned to all the exciting events happening this week ....
Litters Coming
March 1, 2014
By this time next week, Primrose should have a quiver full of newborn kittens. Today is Day 60 of her pregnancy and she has had a huge gain in weight from her prepregnancy weight. Today she weighted in at an incredible 45.90% weight gain. To top it off, she still has about 5 or 6 more days to go. In discussion with Dr. Williams of The Sound Cat, Dr. Williams thought it best to have Primrose brought in for an evaluation and possible C-Section based on her huge weight gain during pregnancy. It would be safer for Primrose and for her babies at this point. Her evaluation is scheduled for Tuesday morning but we may change this to Thursday since that will be Day 65. She usually delivers on Day 65 or 66. I have checked on her throughout the day and she acts like she is perfectly comfortable. This week I caught my closet doors opened and my shoes tossed around. She had cleared the way in the far back so she could have her babies there. This is where she had her stillborn in 2013. We have a large birthing pen set up for her. When we go to The Sound Cat, we will take all the supplies and the pen with us just in case we have to deliver on the way. Everything now is sterilized and just waiting for her babies. She started on the Kitty Bloom Wate about five days ago and the babies are kicking away. I just love feeling them kicking and moving. You have to wonder how she can sleep through it all.
Pansy was put in the Nursery yesterday but was not happy being away from the Pregnancy Room or her mother, Primrose. So today we moved her back in with Primrose. I found them both happily sleeping next to each other on the bed this afternoon. Pansy is on Day 51 of her pregnancy and has a weight gain of 17.81% from her Day 15 weight. She is almost as big as Primrose but does not have the pregnancy weight gain that Primrose has had. Based on her litter of five in 2013, we expect either 3 or 4 kittens from this litter, but you never know.
Diamond is recouping from her 2 big mating days with Willie. She was mated Feb 24 to 25, 2014. If her matings take, we will be available to verify her pregnancy around March 17th with babies being born around April 28th. This will be her first litter. We are excited to see what she and Willie will produce together.
Stay tuned for more updates on the girls.
March 1, 2014
By this time next week, Primrose should have a quiver full of newborn kittens. Today is Day 60 of her pregnancy and she has had a huge gain in weight from her prepregnancy weight. Today she weighted in at an incredible 45.90% weight gain. To top it off, she still has about 5 or 6 more days to go. In discussion with Dr. Williams of The Sound Cat, Dr. Williams thought it best to have Primrose brought in for an evaluation and possible C-Section based on her huge weight gain during pregnancy. It would be safer for Primrose and for her babies at this point. Her evaluation is scheduled for Tuesday morning but we may change this to Thursday since that will be Day 65. She usually delivers on Day 65 or 66. I have checked on her throughout the day and she acts like she is perfectly comfortable. This week I caught my closet doors opened and my shoes tossed around. She had cleared the way in the far back so she could have her babies there. This is where she had her stillborn in 2013. We have a large birthing pen set up for her. When we go to The Sound Cat, we will take all the supplies and the pen with us just in case we have to deliver on the way. Everything now is sterilized and just waiting for her babies. She started on the Kitty Bloom Wate about five days ago and the babies are kicking away. I just love feeling them kicking and moving. You have to wonder how she can sleep through it all.
Pansy was put in the Nursery yesterday but was not happy being away from the Pregnancy Room or her mother, Primrose. So today we moved her back in with Primrose. I found them both happily sleeping next to each other on the bed this afternoon. Pansy is on Day 51 of her pregnancy and has a weight gain of 17.81% from her Day 15 weight. She is almost as big as Primrose but does not have the pregnancy weight gain that Primrose has had. Based on her litter of five in 2013, we expect either 3 or 4 kittens from this litter, but you never know.
Diamond is recouping from her 2 big mating days with Willie. She was mated Feb 24 to 25, 2014. If her matings take, we will be available to verify her pregnancy around March 17th with babies being born around April 28th. This will be her first litter. We are excited to see what she and Willie will produce together.
Stay tuned for more updates on the girls.
Chester And His Sleepypod
February 28, 2014
Every so often an item comes along that we would like to share with our families and cat lovers everywhere. This week we were introduced to the Sleepypod by Neil and Angela, a new family on our Priority Wait List. This was the first time I had heard of the Sleepypod. You ask, “What is a Sleepy pod?” Well, a Sleepypod is a unique, frontal crash tested, pet carrier. According to the Sleepypod website, it uses a Pet Passenger Restraint System (PPRS). PPRS is a safety system designed to securely fasten pets in automobile seats during a sudden stop or collision. Each PPRS is put through stringent safety tests to include static material tensile testing and dynamic crash testing. Sleepypod PPRS offers a significantly safer way to travel for pet and human passengers alike.” The Sleepypod is a bed, a carrier and a car seat all in one. Your kitten/cat will use it at his home as a bed (without the top on). Then your kitten/cat will be accustomed to his bed when you make it in to a carrier and a car seat for traveling.
Neil and Angela used the Sleepypod for Chester, their 12 year old Seal Point Himalayan. Chester died this month from a genetic heart disease and the family is devastated at their loss. In honor of Chester, Neil and Angela provided us these pictures of Chester in his Sleepy pod. He was treated just like a human child would be treated and loved, and that includes, providing for his safety. Chester looks so beautiful in his Pod. Here is what Angela had to say about the product, “… we purchased a Sleepy Pod (round version) for Chester as it appears (based on my research) to be the safest mode for transportation, as it has been crash tested. Though it is so nice to have the cat on your lap while driving, it is just not safe because of the other not safe drivers in the world!! It is just too scary. So, often my husband or I would sit in the back seat next to the Sleepy Pod with Chester so that he had company in the back seat!!
This is the first time I had heard of a crash tested pet carrier for the car. I must say, I was impressed. The Sleepypod just looks so comfortable and comes with additional items you can purchase. It costs a little bit more than a nice carrier but from the stand point of safety, I think it speaks for itself.
You can find out more information about the safety of the pet carrier as well as more information on the product, on their website.
https://sleepypod.com/sleepypod
https://sleepypod.com/safety
Thank you Neil and Angela, for sharing your precious Chester with us in his Sleepypod. We are sorry for the loss of your baby. Thank you for introducing us to this product.
February 28, 2014
Every so often an item comes along that we would like to share with our families and cat lovers everywhere. This week we were introduced to the Sleepypod by Neil and Angela, a new family on our Priority Wait List. This was the first time I had heard of the Sleepypod. You ask, “What is a Sleepy pod?” Well, a Sleepypod is a unique, frontal crash tested, pet carrier. According to the Sleepypod website, it uses a Pet Passenger Restraint System (PPRS). PPRS is a safety system designed to securely fasten pets in automobile seats during a sudden stop or collision. Each PPRS is put through stringent safety tests to include static material tensile testing and dynamic crash testing. Sleepypod PPRS offers a significantly safer way to travel for pet and human passengers alike.” The Sleepypod is a bed, a carrier and a car seat all in one. Your kitten/cat will use it at his home as a bed (without the top on). Then your kitten/cat will be accustomed to his bed when you make it in to a carrier and a car seat for traveling.
Neil and Angela used the Sleepypod for Chester, their 12 year old Seal Point Himalayan. Chester died this month from a genetic heart disease and the family is devastated at their loss. In honor of Chester, Neil and Angela provided us these pictures of Chester in his Sleepy pod. He was treated just like a human child would be treated and loved, and that includes, providing for his safety. Chester looks so beautiful in his Pod. Here is what Angela had to say about the product, “… we purchased a Sleepy Pod (round version) for Chester as it appears (based on my research) to be the safest mode for transportation, as it has been crash tested. Though it is so nice to have the cat on your lap while driving, it is just not safe because of the other not safe drivers in the world!! It is just too scary. So, often my husband or I would sit in the back seat next to the Sleepy Pod with Chester so that he had company in the back seat!!
This is the first time I had heard of a crash tested pet carrier for the car. I must say, I was impressed. The Sleepypod just looks so comfortable and comes with additional items you can purchase. It costs a little bit more than a nice carrier but from the stand point of safety, I think it speaks for itself.
You can find out more information about the safety of the pet carrier as well as more information on the product, on their website.
https://sleepypod.com/sleepypod
https://sleepypod.com/safety
Thank you Neil and Angela, for sharing your precious Chester with us in his Sleepypod. We are sorry for the loss of your baby. Thank you for introducing us to this product.
Cattery Updates
February 25, 2014
We wanted to give a quick update to let everyone know how are pregnant girls, Primrose and Pansy, are doing. Yesterday, our Primrose has had a weight gain of 41.10% of her pre-pregnancy weight. Last pregnancy, her whole pregnancy she only gained 35.44%. All we can say is wow. That is a huge increase. As of today, she is on Day 56 of her pregnancy. She weighted 24.82% on Day 55 of her last pregnancy. Her appetite is less because she just has so little room with all those babies in there. She is doing great. Her milk came down yesterday. We are thinking she may deliver early due to all the babies she is carrying. She is very affectionate. So we will be on close watch from Sunday on. She already does not want anyone else in the Pregnancy Room. Today we are disinfecting her Nursery and will put Pansy in there till Primrose has her babies and then Pansy will go in the Pregnancy Room and Primrose and her babies will go in the Nursery. We are still trying to find a helping hand for her delivery, preferably a Vet Tech. This is not an easy task since we are in a rural area.
Pansy is doing great also. She has started to slow her appetite also. She still has us guessing just how many babies she has. Our best estimate is between 3 and 5. We just scheduled Pansy for a C-Section since Willie produces such large babies and Pansy just has such a rough time delivering them. The C-Section will be done by Dr. Williams at The Sound Cat. Pansy is currently on day 47 of her pregnancy. Yesterday her weight gain was 15.83% of what she weighted on Day 15. Last pregnancy she had a weight gain of 19.34% but that was calculated from Day 1. Guess Pansy will keep us all in suspense.
And finally ... after a long delay ... Diamond came in to heat. She was bred to Willie starting yesterday. She seems to really enjoy Willie and Willie really likes her. Usually my girls leave the room as soon as the mating has occurred. Willie is use to this practice, but not with Diamond. He hangs on to her for as long as he can. LOL If the mating is viable, her babies should be due around April 28, 2014. Pregnancy verification should take place around March 16, 2014. We are hoping for some chocolates from this litter.
February 25, 2014
We wanted to give a quick update to let everyone know how are pregnant girls, Primrose and Pansy, are doing. Yesterday, our Primrose has had a weight gain of 41.10% of her pre-pregnancy weight. Last pregnancy, her whole pregnancy she only gained 35.44%. All we can say is wow. That is a huge increase. As of today, she is on Day 56 of her pregnancy. She weighted 24.82% on Day 55 of her last pregnancy. Her appetite is less because she just has so little room with all those babies in there. She is doing great. Her milk came down yesterday. We are thinking she may deliver early due to all the babies she is carrying. She is very affectionate. So we will be on close watch from Sunday on. She already does not want anyone else in the Pregnancy Room. Today we are disinfecting her Nursery and will put Pansy in there till Primrose has her babies and then Pansy will go in the Pregnancy Room and Primrose and her babies will go in the Nursery. We are still trying to find a helping hand for her delivery, preferably a Vet Tech. This is not an easy task since we are in a rural area.
Pansy is doing great also. She has started to slow her appetite also. She still has us guessing just how many babies she has. Our best estimate is between 3 and 5. We just scheduled Pansy for a C-Section since Willie produces such large babies and Pansy just has such a rough time delivering them. The C-Section will be done by Dr. Williams at The Sound Cat. Pansy is currently on day 47 of her pregnancy. Yesterday her weight gain was 15.83% of what she weighted on Day 15. Last pregnancy she had a weight gain of 19.34% but that was calculated from Day 1. Guess Pansy will keep us all in suspense.
And finally ... after a long delay ... Diamond came in to heat. She was bred to Willie starting yesterday. She seems to really enjoy Willie and Willie really likes her. Usually my girls leave the room as soon as the mating has occurred. Willie is use to this practice, but not with Diamond. He hangs on to her for as long as he can. LOL If the mating is viable, her babies should be due around April 28, 2014. Pregnancy verification should take place around March 16, 2014. We are hoping for some chocolates from this litter.
Happy Valentines Day
February 14, 2014
We hope everyone is having a great Valentines Day. After a wild week of snow, ice and rain, we are looking at weather in the 70's starting midweek next week. One word ... crazy.
Well, Primrose's pregnancy weight is continuing to amaze me. Primrose is now on Day 44 of her pregnancy. Her weight has increased 32.77% from when she was in heat. She has already gained 2.32lbs. In her pregnancy in 2012 when she was carrying 4 of the largest babies we have ever had, on Day 46 of that pregnancy, her weight gain was 16.31%. So this current pregnancy, Primrose weight gain is more than double what it was in 2012. We do feel pretty comfortable in saying that we expect at least 6 kittens and will plan on even more. This could change if it gets too crowded in her womb. She may reabsorb some kittens if it is too crowded. We hope there will be enough room. She is eating wet food right along side Pansy and is eating it all. She is starting to look really big. I felt her babies move for the first time. She has 2 1/2 more weeks till her due date. Her pregnancy has gone fast for us.
Pansy is doing great also. She is starting to wolf down her wet food. She just really does not like dry food during her pregnancies. Between her and Primrose, we are going through quite a few large cans of cat food each day. Pansy is now on Day 36 of her pregnancy. She is up 9.63% of her weight since Day 15. You can now feel lumps sticking out her side. The other day, she was lopsided, so we were thinking she either has 3 or 5. On her pregnancy last year on Day 36, her weight had increased by 11.11% from her first mating. So weight wise, I feel she is about even in weight from her last pregnancy.
We are working our hardest to complete the remodeling of the new Toddler Room. We will take advantage of the warmer weather next week to finish the painting and make some screen doors for our their new room. Diamond, Rose, Miracle and Hydrangea absolutely love their cat tree in the bay window. I can tell they really like the room that just is so full of light. Once the new Toddler Room is completely done, we will post pictures and maybe even a video, so stay tuned.
February 14, 2014
We hope everyone is having a great Valentines Day. After a wild week of snow, ice and rain, we are looking at weather in the 70's starting midweek next week. One word ... crazy.
Well, Primrose's pregnancy weight is continuing to amaze me. Primrose is now on Day 44 of her pregnancy. Her weight has increased 32.77% from when she was in heat. She has already gained 2.32lbs. In her pregnancy in 2012 when she was carrying 4 of the largest babies we have ever had, on Day 46 of that pregnancy, her weight gain was 16.31%. So this current pregnancy, Primrose weight gain is more than double what it was in 2012. We do feel pretty comfortable in saying that we expect at least 6 kittens and will plan on even more. This could change if it gets too crowded in her womb. She may reabsorb some kittens if it is too crowded. We hope there will be enough room. She is eating wet food right along side Pansy and is eating it all. She is starting to look really big. I felt her babies move for the first time. She has 2 1/2 more weeks till her due date. Her pregnancy has gone fast for us.
Pansy is doing great also. She is starting to wolf down her wet food. She just really does not like dry food during her pregnancies. Between her and Primrose, we are going through quite a few large cans of cat food each day. Pansy is now on Day 36 of her pregnancy. She is up 9.63% of her weight since Day 15. You can now feel lumps sticking out her side. The other day, she was lopsided, so we were thinking she either has 3 or 5. On her pregnancy last year on Day 36, her weight had increased by 11.11% from her first mating. So weight wise, I feel she is about even in weight from her last pregnancy.
We are working our hardest to complete the remodeling of the new Toddler Room. We will take advantage of the warmer weather next week to finish the painting and make some screen doors for our their new room. Diamond, Rose, Miracle and Hydrangea absolutely love their cat tree in the bay window. I can tell they really like the room that just is so full of light. Once the new Toddler Room is completely done, we will post pictures and maybe even a video, so stay tuned.
Update on Primrose and Pansy
February 7, 2014
WOW is all I can say about Primrose's weight increase. As of today, Day 38, Primrose has gained 22.88% from the date she was mated. Her 2012 pregnancy resulted in a weight gain of 11.11% for Day 38. So you know why we say WOW. Her weight gain so far is double that of when she had the 4 largest kittens born at our Cattery. We just hope that she can keep them all as she continues to gain as they continue to grow. It is going to be mighty crowded in her womb. She herself is doing great. She is now taking after her daughter Pansy, and is eating wet food three times a day right along side her daughter. The rest of the time she is eating dry. Usually Primrose does not care for dry food.
Pansy's weight has jumped also. Pansy is on Day 29 of her pregnancy though it could be Day 27 or 28. She has gained 5% since Day 14. Last year on Day 1 to Day 28, she had gained 3.57%. She had five kittens in that litter. So she is gaining more so far in this pregnancy. Pansy wears her babies on her side. In the last few days, she has gotten much larger and you can start to feel them on her side. We will keep monitoring her weight to see if we can predict a pretty accurate due date along with the number of kittens she may have. According to her 2013 litter, she should start to really increase in size during the next week.
Today we moved the Cattery furniture into their new Toddler Room. We are keeping everything in the center of the room as we plan on painting the walls within the week. The gang was so happy to be in there new room. They were already trying to view out the front windows from their tall playstation. We are in a hurry to get it all done before Primrose's babies arrive the first week of March.
February 7, 2014
WOW is all I can say about Primrose's weight increase. As of today, Day 38, Primrose has gained 22.88% from the date she was mated. Her 2012 pregnancy resulted in a weight gain of 11.11% for Day 38. So you know why we say WOW. Her weight gain so far is double that of when she had the 4 largest kittens born at our Cattery. We just hope that she can keep them all as she continues to gain as they continue to grow. It is going to be mighty crowded in her womb. She herself is doing great. She is now taking after her daughter Pansy, and is eating wet food three times a day right along side her daughter. The rest of the time she is eating dry. Usually Primrose does not care for dry food.
Pansy's weight has jumped also. Pansy is on Day 29 of her pregnancy though it could be Day 27 or 28. She has gained 5% since Day 14. Last year on Day 1 to Day 28, she had gained 3.57%. She had five kittens in that litter. So she is gaining more so far in this pregnancy. Pansy wears her babies on her side. In the last few days, she has gotten much larger and you can start to feel them on her side. We will keep monitoring her weight to see if we can predict a pretty accurate due date along with the number of kittens she may have. According to her 2013 litter, she should start to really increase in size during the next week.
Today we moved the Cattery furniture into their new Toddler Room. We are keeping everything in the center of the room as we plan on painting the walls within the week. The gang was so happy to be in there new room. They were already trying to view out the front windows from their tall playstation. We are in a hurry to get it all done before Primrose's babies arrive the first week of March.
Update on Primrose and Pansy's Pregnancies
February 4, 2013
Time just has a way of flying away. I can't believe that Primrose is already half way through her pregnancy. She is doing wonderfully. She is on Day 35 of her pregnancy. Her weight gain has been fantastic. We think she is carrying more than 4 babies. You may ask why I think she may ... well, as of today, she had already gained 17.85% from when she was first mated. That is a huge increase for her. Even Pansy does not have that high of a weight gain from her 2013 pregnancy. During Primrose's spring 2013 pregnancy, which resulted in 4 large babies, her weight gain on Day 35 was 10.24%. We are still calculating her delivery date to be sometime around March 5th. We will be contracting, hopefully, a Vet Technician to help us with her labor and delivery.
Pansy is doing great also. She is confirmed pregnant. She pinked fully up on Day 21, so we may be off on her date calculations by one or two days. It is unfortunate that we did not take her weight during mating. The only weight date that we have is January 24th, which was Day 15 if our calculations are right. According to Pansy's 2013 spring pregnancy, she does not start to gain weight till around Day 26th. When Day 26th hits, her weight starts going up fast because her intake of food increases dramatically. Since January 24th, she has gained 2%. In a week or two, we should be able to tell more about her due date and possibly how many kittens she is carrying.
We can't wait to have newborn kittens again in about one month from now. We are so hoping that Primrose and Willie produce some Chocolates this time around. Statistically speaking, they should have produced 1/2 a litter of Chocolates last litter, along with some Persians, but they fooled us. Sometime or another, the statistics will have to kick in, genetically speaking.
We are still waiting for Diamond to go in to heat. She has expressed interest in Willie. She is from a different line than my girls since she is an outcross. Her line may start their first cycling of the season at a later time, when it is warmer out.
If the weather starts cooperating up north near Canada and the roads become clear, we will be making the long trip to pick up our two new boys for Rose and Hydrangea. Rose, I am sure, says it can't be fast enough for her. LOL
February 4, 2013
Time just has a way of flying away. I can't believe that Primrose is already half way through her pregnancy. She is doing wonderfully. She is on Day 35 of her pregnancy. Her weight gain has been fantastic. We think she is carrying more than 4 babies. You may ask why I think she may ... well, as of today, she had already gained 17.85% from when she was first mated. That is a huge increase for her. Even Pansy does not have that high of a weight gain from her 2013 pregnancy. During Primrose's spring 2013 pregnancy, which resulted in 4 large babies, her weight gain on Day 35 was 10.24%. We are still calculating her delivery date to be sometime around March 5th. We will be contracting, hopefully, a Vet Technician to help us with her labor and delivery.
Pansy is doing great also. She is confirmed pregnant. She pinked fully up on Day 21, so we may be off on her date calculations by one or two days. It is unfortunate that we did not take her weight during mating. The only weight date that we have is January 24th, which was Day 15 if our calculations are right. According to Pansy's 2013 spring pregnancy, she does not start to gain weight till around Day 26th. When Day 26th hits, her weight starts going up fast because her intake of food increases dramatically. Since January 24th, she has gained 2%. In a week or two, we should be able to tell more about her due date and possibly how many kittens she is carrying.
We can't wait to have newborn kittens again in about one month from now. We are so hoping that Primrose and Willie produce some Chocolates this time around. Statistically speaking, they should have produced 1/2 a litter of Chocolates last litter, along with some Persians, but they fooled us. Sometime or another, the statistics will have to kick in, genetically speaking.
We are still waiting for Diamond to go in to heat. She has expressed interest in Willie. She is from a different line than my girls since she is an outcross. Her line may start their first cycling of the season at a later time, when it is warmer out.
If the weather starts cooperating up north near Canada and the roads become clear, we will be making the long trip to pick up our two new boys for Rose and Hydrangea. Rose, I am sure, says it can't be fast enough for her. LOL
The CFA Show
February 3, 2014
Congratulations
CH VICTORIANGDN LITTLE MIRACLE
and
CH VICTORIANGDN THE PERFECT HYDRANGEA
YouTube Video Link
Miracle and Hydrangea had a very busy weekend. We all headed for the Pawprints in the Sand and Chamberlin On The Bay Cat Clubs CFA show. This was the first time these two babies have been shown. Miracle was a little scared during the first two rings but settled when he got to Ring #1. He still didn't want to play with the judges. Hydrangea on the other hand, was not at all phased by the show. She had fun and enjoyed the attention. During Ring #6, she awoke in to a little action. Unfortunately, we didn't get the best rest in the hotel room the night before so they were very tired during the show. We let them sleep between rings. My wonderful parent and friend, Kathy (Hyacinth and Camilla's mom) helped me through out the showing. She treated Miracle and Hydrangea as if they were her own, playing with them, loving on them and helping take them to the rings. It was so nice to have the support and help. Miracle and Hydrangea both won their 6 Champion ribbons and are now titled Champions. They can now go on for Grand Champion Points. We took videos of most of the rings so everyone who was not at the show could enjoy watching Miracle and Hydrangea being judged. We had tough competition from Merripaws Pixie Dust, a Cream Point Himalayan. She kept getting first place and placed in the finals. She is included in the video for Ring #1. If you ever wanted to know what happens in a CFA Show, the videos should give you a good idea what the kittens and cats go through. You can click on the link to go directly to our YouTube Channel to watch the six show videos. Feel free to "Like" the videos.
YouTube Video Link
February 3, 2014
Congratulations
CH VICTORIANGDN LITTLE MIRACLE
and
CH VICTORIANGDN THE PERFECT HYDRANGEA
YouTube Video Link
Miracle and Hydrangea had a very busy weekend. We all headed for the Pawprints in the Sand and Chamberlin On The Bay Cat Clubs CFA show. This was the first time these two babies have been shown. Miracle was a little scared during the first two rings but settled when he got to Ring #1. He still didn't want to play with the judges. Hydrangea on the other hand, was not at all phased by the show. She had fun and enjoyed the attention. During Ring #6, she awoke in to a little action. Unfortunately, we didn't get the best rest in the hotel room the night before so they were very tired during the show. We let them sleep between rings. My wonderful parent and friend, Kathy (Hyacinth and Camilla's mom) helped me through out the showing. She treated Miracle and Hydrangea as if they were her own, playing with them, loving on them and helping take them to the rings. It was so nice to have the support and help. Miracle and Hydrangea both won their 6 Champion ribbons and are now titled Champions. They can now go on for Grand Champion Points. We took videos of most of the rings so everyone who was not at the show could enjoy watching Miracle and Hydrangea being judged. We had tough competition from Merripaws Pixie Dust, a Cream Point Himalayan. She kept getting first place and placed in the finals. She is included in the video for Ring #1. If you ever wanted to know what happens in a CFA Show, the videos should give you a good idea what the kittens and cats go through. You can click on the link to go directly to our YouTube Channel to watch the six show videos. Feel free to "Like" the videos.
YouTube Video Link
Day 2 of Snow Day
January 30, 2014
Today is Day 2 of snow day. We got about 1/2" of ice and then about 5" of snow on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Yesterday, the gang spent almost the entire day at the window watching the birds up close and personal eating off the ground on the porch or at their hanging feeder. Some of the birds got to within a few inches of the cats and kittens. We did have a few cats forget their manners and try to jump a bird only to find out that there was a window preventing it. Eventually, the birds ate all their available food and flew off and the gang went to take a long late afternoon nap. We have their large playstation set up temporarily in front of the window in the Family Room. They have been in this closed off room with three rooms of furniture crammed in it for about a week while the floors in other rooms downstairs were sanded and refinished. We wanted to protect the gang and the expectant moms as much as possible from the dust and fumes. It has been tight quarters with all them in here as well as our two puppies and an elder dog named Sweet Pea. Everyone is getting along great. Actually, I think they have become even more bonded to each other. As you can see, Diamond is now one of the family. She lays right along side them as if they are siblings.
Today we are making the show curtains for the show this weekend and a matching faux fur bed for the cage. Tomorrow is bath day for our two beauties, Hydrangea and Miracle. Their coats are so thick and luscious. That is Miracle looking up at the camera and Hydrangea on the far right. Primrose is on the left, next to Diamond, with Pansy in the middle. Peony was up on the playstation looking out the window. The last picture is the hand stenciled grooming table we did yesterday for the show.
January 30, 2014
Today is Day 2 of snow day. We got about 1/2" of ice and then about 5" of snow on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Yesterday, the gang spent almost the entire day at the window watching the birds up close and personal eating off the ground on the porch or at their hanging feeder. Some of the birds got to within a few inches of the cats and kittens. We did have a few cats forget their manners and try to jump a bird only to find out that there was a window preventing it. Eventually, the birds ate all their available food and flew off and the gang went to take a long late afternoon nap. We have their large playstation set up temporarily in front of the window in the Family Room. They have been in this closed off room with three rooms of furniture crammed in it for about a week while the floors in other rooms downstairs were sanded and refinished. We wanted to protect the gang and the expectant moms as much as possible from the dust and fumes. It has been tight quarters with all them in here as well as our two puppies and an elder dog named Sweet Pea. Everyone is getting along great. Actually, I think they have become even more bonded to each other. As you can see, Diamond is now one of the family. She lays right along side them as if they are siblings.
Today we are making the show curtains for the show this weekend and a matching faux fur bed for the cage. Tomorrow is bath day for our two beauties, Hydrangea and Miracle. Their coats are so thick and luscious. That is Miracle looking up at the camera and Hydrangea on the far right. Primrose is on the left, next to Diamond, with Pansy in the middle. Peony was up on the playstation looking out the window. The last picture is the hand stenciled grooming table we did yesterday for the show.
Cattery News
Pregnancies, CFA Shows and Weather
January 28, 2014
Well, we waited all day for the 8-12" of snow to fall in our area. So far we have had some snow and freezing rain. It will be interesting to see what happens overnight. This is not the norm for our area and I saw people in stores preparing for the storm. Just think, yesterday we were in the 60s and today it never got over 32. This weekend it is back to the 50s. Thank goodness, since we head up to Newport News, Virgina early Saturday morning for the CFA Show. Tomorrow we will be making our show curtains and giving Miracle and Hydrangea a special bath. They will get a full bath on Friday to prepare them for showing. Their coats are beautiful, full and long.
Today was the day that I turned Pansy over in my lap and took a look and found her nipples just starting to pink up. We will be checking her frequently but right now, she does look like she is pregnant. Even her weight increased today. She seems to know she is pregnant and has been lurking in the kitchen a lot today hoping for another can of wet food. She started her hunger cries also today. She has access to dry food but prefers wet food when she is pregnant. I think the term is spoiled. Today will be Day 19 of her pregnancy which is about the time she pinked up during her 2013 pregnancy. Next week we will start working on the Kitten Applications we were holding waiting to see if she was pregnant. We will be contacting those applicants next week. We will be updating our Kitten Deposit page in order to accept Paypal payments. Google Checkout is no longer available, unfortunately. If you are interested in one of our litters, please read the Policies and Prices page before submitting an application to us. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Our next blog will more than likely be after the show on Saturday. This way we can work on getting our two beauties ready for the show. Stay tuned for photos and video clips of the show.
Pregnancies, CFA Shows and Weather
January 28, 2014
Well, we waited all day for the 8-12" of snow to fall in our area. So far we have had some snow and freezing rain. It will be interesting to see what happens overnight. This is not the norm for our area and I saw people in stores preparing for the storm. Just think, yesterday we were in the 60s and today it never got over 32. This weekend it is back to the 50s. Thank goodness, since we head up to Newport News, Virgina early Saturday morning for the CFA Show. Tomorrow we will be making our show curtains and giving Miracle and Hydrangea a special bath. They will get a full bath on Friday to prepare them for showing. Their coats are beautiful, full and long.
Today was the day that I turned Pansy over in my lap and took a look and found her nipples just starting to pink up. We will be checking her frequently but right now, she does look like she is pregnant. Even her weight increased today. She seems to know she is pregnant and has been lurking in the kitchen a lot today hoping for another can of wet food. She started her hunger cries also today. She has access to dry food but prefers wet food when she is pregnant. I think the term is spoiled. Today will be Day 19 of her pregnancy which is about the time she pinked up during her 2013 pregnancy. Next week we will start working on the Kitten Applications we were holding waiting to see if she was pregnant. We will be contacting those applicants next week. We will be updating our Kitten Deposit page in order to accept Paypal payments. Google Checkout is no longer available, unfortunately. If you are interested in one of our litters, please read the Policies and Prices page before submitting an application to us. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Our next blog will more than likely be after the show on Saturday. This way we can work on getting our two beauties ready for the show. Stay tuned for photos and video clips of the show.
Cattery News
Pregnancies, CFA Shows, Litter Boxes and More
January 24, 2014
It is starting to be a very busy time of year for us at the Cattery. On January 1st, our Main Cattery Room was moved to an even larger front room with five huge windows. Most of the windows are considered floor to ceiling though they start about 1 foot from the floor and end about 1 foot from the 10 foot ceilings. We have been in preparations all week to have the hardwood floors sanded this coming weekend and then poly coated numerous times. After the floors have cured, we will be painted the walls to match our previous motif and will have custom window coverings made to match our motif. We will be in a hurry to have everything done before the first litters are born at the beginning of March. This Main Cattery Room will become our Toddler Room where the babies stay once they first start walking to when they leave at 13 weeks of age. Before that time, they will be in their own nurseries. This new Toddler Room will have several playstations set up with the center piece being a huge tall playstation in the bay window area which over looks the front lawns. This room is very bright and happy. It is where parents will meet their babies for the first time. We will have a second room, our previous Main Cattery Room, where the adult cats can spend their leisure with us as well as full roam of our house. That room is also having its floors sanded and poly coated this weekend also. So stay tuned while the dust is flying, sawdust that is.
As reported earlier this week, Primrose is pregnant and I mean pregnant. We had originally calculated her due date from January 4th but because she pinked up so early, Day 16, we are revising the date and calculating from the date of first mating to Willie, which was January 1st, New Years Day. Even with the earliest calculation based on January 1st, she started pinking up on Day 19, still early. We have recalculated her delivery date to be on or around March 5th, Day 64. Her weight gain has been off the charts compared to her pregnancy in 2012. On January 1, 2014, the first date of mating, she weighted in at 7.08 lbs. Her pregnancy in 2012, she weighted in at 7.11 lbs on the third day of mating. So we are talking very close in weight. Now is when the comparison really starts showing. In 2012, Primrose birthed the largest weighted babies ever at our Cattery, She had 3 Flame Points boys and 1 Tortie Point girl. Unfortunately we don't have a weight back in 2012 for Day 24 of her pregnancy. The closest we have is on Day 31 and she weighted in at 7.64 lbs which is a 7.45% gain from Day 3. Now for the current numbers on Primrose's 2014 pregnancy. As of this morning, Day 24, Primrose weighted in at 7.72 lbs which is a 9% weight gain since Day 1. It is also a very large weight gain so far over her 2012 pregnancy. Now that makes you start wondering ...
Now on to Pansy. It is still too early to give a positive determination of pregnancy since this is only Day 15. However, things are looking very promising. She is starting to eat like a horse. She is my girl that will eat 5 to 6 cans a day of wet kitten food when she is pregnant. I started feeding canned food to both girls when they started their matings to Willie. I do this so I can be sure they get their Kitty Bloom 900 vitamins. It is so important during those early first weeks of pregnancy that they get everything those babies need to develop perfectly. We can't say enough good about Kitty Bloom. She is eating the Young Again dry and the Royal Canin Queen dry. I have noticed that the fur around her nipples have receded. We will keep checking her daily just in case she pinks up early. Her weight today was 7.58 lbs. Unfortunately, I did not weight her during heat so I don't have anything to compare to. I thought I took her weight but it is not in her pregnancy notebook. So I am at a loss. I can say that 7.58 lbs is heavier than normal for her. The last time I had weighted her was December 2, 2013 and she weighted in at 7.3 lbs. So with today's weight in, we now have a weight to compare to and will be weighting her more regularly. As I said, she is eating like a horse. When we get a chance to catch a breath, we are going to have to bring out our crock pot and start cooking our homemade cooked wet food with the Young Again Supplements for her. She loves it. She has always been a great eater and has had big babies.
Well, about three months ago, our Little Miracle, one very smart boy, decided he would make us rethink or broaden our view of the Tidy Cat Litter Box with the pine pellets. While we were cleaning and disinfecting the litter boxes, I had an empty one next to me as I was setting them back up with the puppy pads at the bottom and the pine pellets in the top tray. Low and behold, Mr. Miracle got right in to the empty box and peed in it. I have to admit, I was quite amazed. So I decided to test to see if he would continue to do it. I just left a puppy pad in the bottom tray and left the top tray empty. I placed it beside all the other litter boxes and watched what would happen. Yes, he started at first peeing in it, preferring it over the ones with the pellets. Now how easy is that to clean! The peed just flows right down to the puppy pad below. So I set out another empty Tidy Box with a puppy pad in the bottom tray and placed it in my kitchen. Yes, he used it there also. And then something happened. One day I heard scratching, like a cat does when it is covering up its poo. So I went to check and there was Mr. Miracle, pawing at the sides of the box. I picked him up (he is full coated) and looked under and sure enough, he had used the empty box to poo in. Now how is that for easy clean up and little work. His sister, my cutey Ms. Hydrangea, had to get in on the action also. So within a month, they both were peeing and pooping in the empty Tidy Cat boxes. Such easy clean up it is. The poo is hard and is easy to just scoop up and toss. I can change the Tidy Cat pads or puppy pads out when they are soaked. The system is working great and is truly a breeze. We still have our pine pelleted boxes but will keep adding more empty Tidy Cat boxes as time goes on. We are even thinking of giving our new kittens this choice also. Now how clever is our Little Mr. Miracle.
Next Saturday, February 1st, we are hoping Little Miracle and The Perfert Hydrangea will be shown for the first time at the CFA Show in Norfork, Virigina. We are excited about this. We have been getting them bathed up and ready for the show. Actually today is bath and blow dry day for both these beauties. We would love to have you come to the show. If you come, please stop by and introduce yourself and see our two beauties. We will be video taping so we can put the judging of our babies up on YouTube. If you are interested in seeing the show, it is located at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Newport News, February 1st. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hope to see you there.
Pregnancies, CFA Shows, Litter Boxes and More
January 24, 2014
It is starting to be a very busy time of year for us at the Cattery. On January 1st, our Main Cattery Room was moved to an even larger front room with five huge windows. Most of the windows are considered floor to ceiling though they start about 1 foot from the floor and end about 1 foot from the 10 foot ceilings. We have been in preparations all week to have the hardwood floors sanded this coming weekend and then poly coated numerous times. After the floors have cured, we will be painted the walls to match our previous motif and will have custom window coverings made to match our motif. We will be in a hurry to have everything done before the first litters are born at the beginning of March. This Main Cattery Room will become our Toddler Room where the babies stay once they first start walking to when they leave at 13 weeks of age. Before that time, they will be in their own nurseries. This new Toddler Room will have several playstations set up with the center piece being a huge tall playstation in the bay window area which over looks the front lawns. This room is very bright and happy. It is where parents will meet their babies for the first time. We will have a second room, our previous Main Cattery Room, where the adult cats can spend their leisure with us as well as full roam of our house. That room is also having its floors sanded and poly coated this weekend also. So stay tuned while the dust is flying, sawdust that is.
As reported earlier this week, Primrose is pregnant and I mean pregnant. We had originally calculated her due date from January 4th but because she pinked up so early, Day 16, we are revising the date and calculating from the date of first mating to Willie, which was January 1st, New Years Day. Even with the earliest calculation based on January 1st, she started pinking up on Day 19, still early. We have recalculated her delivery date to be on or around March 5th, Day 64. Her weight gain has been off the charts compared to her pregnancy in 2012. On January 1, 2014, the first date of mating, she weighted in at 7.08 lbs. Her pregnancy in 2012, she weighted in at 7.11 lbs on the third day of mating. So we are talking very close in weight. Now is when the comparison really starts showing. In 2012, Primrose birthed the largest weighted babies ever at our Cattery, She had 3 Flame Points boys and 1 Tortie Point girl. Unfortunately we don't have a weight back in 2012 for Day 24 of her pregnancy. The closest we have is on Day 31 and she weighted in at 7.64 lbs which is a 7.45% gain from Day 3. Now for the current numbers on Primrose's 2014 pregnancy. As of this morning, Day 24, Primrose weighted in at 7.72 lbs which is a 9% weight gain since Day 1. It is also a very large weight gain so far over her 2012 pregnancy. Now that makes you start wondering ...
Now on to Pansy. It is still too early to give a positive determination of pregnancy since this is only Day 15. However, things are looking very promising. She is starting to eat like a horse. She is my girl that will eat 5 to 6 cans a day of wet kitten food when she is pregnant. I started feeding canned food to both girls when they started their matings to Willie. I do this so I can be sure they get their Kitty Bloom 900 vitamins. It is so important during those early first weeks of pregnancy that they get everything those babies need to develop perfectly. We can't say enough good about Kitty Bloom. She is eating the Young Again dry and the Royal Canin Queen dry. I have noticed that the fur around her nipples have receded. We will keep checking her daily just in case she pinks up early. Her weight today was 7.58 lbs. Unfortunately, I did not weight her during heat so I don't have anything to compare to. I thought I took her weight but it is not in her pregnancy notebook. So I am at a loss. I can say that 7.58 lbs is heavier than normal for her. The last time I had weighted her was December 2, 2013 and she weighted in at 7.3 lbs. So with today's weight in, we now have a weight to compare to and will be weighting her more regularly. As I said, she is eating like a horse. When we get a chance to catch a breath, we are going to have to bring out our crock pot and start cooking our homemade cooked wet food with the Young Again Supplements for her. She loves it. She has always been a great eater and has had big babies.
Well, about three months ago, our Little Miracle, one very smart boy, decided he would make us rethink or broaden our view of the Tidy Cat Litter Box with the pine pellets. While we were cleaning and disinfecting the litter boxes, I had an empty one next to me as I was setting them back up with the puppy pads at the bottom and the pine pellets in the top tray. Low and behold, Mr. Miracle got right in to the empty box and peed in it. I have to admit, I was quite amazed. So I decided to test to see if he would continue to do it. I just left a puppy pad in the bottom tray and left the top tray empty. I placed it beside all the other litter boxes and watched what would happen. Yes, he started at first peeing in it, preferring it over the ones with the pellets. Now how easy is that to clean! The peed just flows right down to the puppy pad below. So I set out another empty Tidy Box with a puppy pad in the bottom tray and placed it in my kitchen. Yes, he used it there also. And then something happened. One day I heard scratching, like a cat does when it is covering up its poo. So I went to check and there was Mr. Miracle, pawing at the sides of the box. I picked him up (he is full coated) and looked under and sure enough, he had used the empty box to poo in. Now how is that for easy clean up and little work. His sister, my cutey Ms. Hydrangea, had to get in on the action also. So within a month, they both were peeing and pooping in the empty Tidy Cat boxes. Such easy clean up it is. The poo is hard and is easy to just scoop up and toss. I can change the Tidy Cat pads or puppy pads out when they are soaked. The system is working great and is truly a breeze. We still have our pine pelleted boxes but will keep adding more empty Tidy Cat boxes as time goes on. We are even thinking of giving our new kittens this choice also. Now how clever is our Little Mr. Miracle.
Next Saturday, February 1st, we are hoping Little Miracle and The Perfert Hydrangea will be shown for the first time at the CFA Show in Norfork, Virigina. We are excited about this. We have been getting them bathed up and ready for the show. Actually today is bath and blow dry day for both these beauties. We would love to have you come to the show. If you come, please stop by and introduce yourself and see our two beauties. We will be video taping so we can put the judging of our babies up on YouTube. If you are interested in seeing the show, it is located at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Newport News, February 1st. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hope to see you there.
LINKS TO HCM SCANNED
PERSIAN AND HIMALAYAN CATTERIES
JANUARY 22, 2014
We now have on our Cattery website, a page which includes banner links to all known Persian and Himalayan Catteries that provide Cardiac Ultrasounds on ALL their Persian, Himalayan and Exotic breeder cats on a regular basis for the heart disease, HCM. If a breeder cat is found to have the HCM, it should be taken immediately out of the Persian and Himalayan breeder's program or culled as the term is used. This list may not be an all inclusive list, but will be revised as we come to know more Persian and Himalayan breeders who are HCM scanning ALL their breeding cats. Please beware that we are not asking these Persian and Himalayan breeders for documentation on the status of each cats last HCM scan but are trusting on their ethics and integrity to not give false information. We will leave it up to you, as a potential client of theirs, to ask the breeder regarding the status of their HCM scanned cats.
HCM is a huge health concern when considering purchasing a purebred Persian and Himalayan kitten or cat. We encourage everyone to thoroughly read our HCM page to understand how serious this disease is. Currently, HCM is in approximately 40% of the Persian and Himalayan lines. You may want to ask these breeders if they are providing a Special Six Year HCM Health Guarantee on their kittens and cats. In addition, you may want to see if they are assisting in providing contributions to the Winn Foundation Persian HCM Fund in order to be able to fund the research for a Persian/Himalayan DNA test for this disease. Breeders who really care about their cats, their offspring, their future adoptive families and the Persian and Himalayan breed will want to be providing these services.
HCM Cardiac Ultrasounds are very expensive to have performed, especially when you are doing ALL your breeding cats. As such, you may expect to pay more for these kittens due to the extensive testing. As the saying goes, you do get what you pay for. Purchasing from breeders that perform HCM Cardiac Ultrasounds ensures that the breeder is helping to improve the Persian and Himalayan lines and thus a heart healthy kitten from those lines.
We provide these links as a courtesy to the public and as an incentive for more Persian and Himalayan breeders to start getting regular HCM Ultrasounds on ALL their breeding cats. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Just click on the link below to be taken to our page.
LINKS TO HCM SCANNED
PERSIAN AND HIMALAYAN CATTERIES
PERSIAN AND HIMALAYAN CATTERIES
JANUARY 22, 2014
We now have on our Cattery website, a page which includes banner links to all known Persian and Himalayan Catteries that provide Cardiac Ultrasounds on ALL their Persian, Himalayan and Exotic breeder cats on a regular basis for the heart disease, HCM. If a breeder cat is found to have the HCM, it should be taken immediately out of the Persian and Himalayan breeder's program or culled as the term is used. This list may not be an all inclusive list, but will be revised as we come to know more Persian and Himalayan breeders who are HCM scanning ALL their breeding cats. Please beware that we are not asking these Persian and Himalayan breeders for documentation on the status of each cats last HCM scan but are trusting on their ethics and integrity to not give false information. We will leave it up to you, as a potential client of theirs, to ask the breeder regarding the status of their HCM scanned cats.
HCM is a huge health concern when considering purchasing a purebred Persian and Himalayan kitten or cat. We encourage everyone to thoroughly read our HCM page to understand how serious this disease is. Currently, HCM is in approximately 40% of the Persian and Himalayan lines. You may want to ask these breeders if they are providing a Special Six Year HCM Health Guarantee on their kittens and cats. In addition, you may want to see if they are assisting in providing contributions to the Winn Foundation Persian HCM Fund in order to be able to fund the research for a Persian/Himalayan DNA test for this disease. Breeders who really care about their cats, their offspring, their future adoptive families and the Persian and Himalayan breed will want to be providing these services.
HCM Cardiac Ultrasounds are very expensive to have performed, especially when you are doing ALL your breeding cats. As such, you may expect to pay more for these kittens due to the extensive testing. As the saying goes, you do get what you pay for. Purchasing from breeders that perform HCM Cardiac Ultrasounds ensures that the breeder is helping to improve the Persian and Himalayan lines and thus a heart healthy kitten from those lines.
We provide these links as a courtesy to the public and as an incentive for more Persian and Himalayan breeders to start getting regular HCM Ultrasounds on ALL their breeding cats. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Just click on the link below to be taken to our page.
LINKS TO HCM SCANNED
PERSIAN AND HIMALAYAN CATTERIES
Pinking Up
January 19, 2014
Today is Day 16 for Primrose and her pregnancy. Yes, we are pretty sure she is pregnant. This afternoon we started seeing the first signs of nipples pinking up. Primrose was bred from January 1st to January 6th. We started counting her days on January 4th. We will blog nearer to the end of the week for full verification of her pregnancy. Since she is starting to pink up earlier than what we had expected, we may be revising her due date to earlier than March 8th. Both Primrose and Pansy's appetite have increased over the last week. The verification to see if Pansy got pregnant will be around January 30th. We are still waiting for Diamond to go in to her heat cycle. Rose and Hydrangea's new mates, from a well known international Cattery, should be coming to our Cattery sometime in February. We are excited. Please stay tuned for more news on our two new Sires.
January 19, 2014
Today is Day 16 for Primrose and her pregnancy. Yes, we are pretty sure she is pregnant. This afternoon we started seeing the first signs of nipples pinking up. Primrose was bred from January 1st to January 6th. We started counting her days on January 4th. We will blog nearer to the end of the week for full verification of her pregnancy. Since she is starting to pink up earlier than what we had expected, we may be revising her due date to earlier than March 8th. Both Primrose and Pansy's appetite have increased over the last week. The verification to see if Pansy got pregnant will be around January 30th. We are still waiting for Diamond to go in to her heat cycle. Rose and Hydrangea's new mates, from a well known international Cattery, should be coming to our Cattery sometime in February. We are excited. Please stay tuned for more news on our two new Sires.
Pansy and Willie
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Rose
January 12, 2014
Pansy and Willie were mated January 10-12, 2014. She appears to be now going out of heat. We should be able to verify if the mating was successful around January 31, 2014. If her mating with Willie was successful, we are planning for her babies to arrive around March 14, 2014.
The same day as her mother, Pansy, went in to heat, her daughter, Rose, went in to heat. The girls are definitely keeping us busy around here. The hormones are definitely in action. Rose is still too young to be mated since she is only 8 1/2 months old. We will wait till her third heat cycle before breeding her. Hopefully she holds off till she reaches her one year birthday, but if she is anything like her mom, she will not. So we will be looking for the perfect male for her and Hydrangea. Now that is no easy task.
We now are waiting for Diamond to go in to heat. Someone jokingly said to add something to her water. LOL You would think with all the calling and rolling going on around here, she would have picked up on the hint. We will blog as soon as she goes in to heat since we know several on our Wait List are waiting for that special Diamond kitten.
Stay tuned for the latest news.
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Rose
January 12, 2014
Pansy and Willie were mated January 10-12, 2014. She appears to be now going out of heat. We should be able to verify if the mating was successful around January 31, 2014. If her mating with Willie was successful, we are planning for her babies to arrive around March 14, 2014.
The same day as her mother, Pansy, went in to heat, her daughter, Rose, went in to heat. The girls are definitely keeping us busy around here. The hormones are definitely in action. Rose is still too young to be mated since she is only 8 1/2 months old. We will wait till her third heat cycle before breeding her. Hopefully she holds off till she reaches her one year birthday, but if she is anything like her mom, she will not. So we will be looking for the perfect male for her and Hydrangea. Now that is no easy task.
We now are waiting for Diamond to go in to heat. Someone jokingly said to add something to her water. LOL You would think with all the calling and rolling going on around here, she would have picked up on the hint. We will blog as soon as she goes in to heat since we know several on our Wait List are waiting for that special Diamond kitten.
Stay tuned for the latest news.
Primrose and Willie
January 5, 2014
Primrose and Willie have spent some quality time together over the last couple of days. Primrose is now appearing to be going out of heat. We should be able to verify if she is pregnant around January 25, 2014. We are excited to have little babies soon on the horizon. If the mating was successful, her babies should be due around March 8th. Stay tuned for more news.
January 5, 2014
Primrose and Willie have spent some quality time together over the last couple of days. Primrose is now appearing to be going out of heat. We should be able to verify if she is pregnant around January 25, 2014. We are excited to have little babies soon on the horizon. If the mating was successful, her babies should be due around March 8th. Stay tuned for more news.
VICTORIANGDN The Perfect Primrose
OFF TO A GREAT START
JANUARY 1, 2014
Our Cattery is off to a great start for 2014. Last night, Primrose, our Cream CPC Persian, carrying the chocolate gene, went in to heat. This afternoon she mated with Willie Wonka, our Chocolate Point Himalayan. She will be bred to Willie over the next several days. If theses matings take, we will be looking for her babies to arrive around the first week of March. We would expect from statistics that she should have 50% Persians/50% Himalayans with 50% being chocolate color. Of course, the statistics of her last litter were the same but she produced all Himalayans. She tends to have more boys then girls in her litters. As you can tell by the photograph, she has awesome large copper eyes. We feel that now that she is in heat, the other two girls, Pansy and Diamond, will soon follow her lead and go in to their heat cycle. So stay tuned.
JANUARY 1, 2014
Our Cattery is off to a great start for 2014. Last night, Primrose, our Cream CPC Persian, carrying the chocolate gene, went in to heat. This afternoon she mated with Willie Wonka, our Chocolate Point Himalayan. She will be bred to Willie over the next several days. If theses matings take, we will be looking for her babies to arrive around the first week of March. We would expect from statistics that she should have 50% Persians/50% Himalayans with 50% being chocolate color. Of course, the statistics of her last litter were the same but she produced all Himalayans. She tends to have more boys then girls in her litters. As you can tell by the photograph, she has awesome large copper eyes. We feel that now that she is in heat, the other two girls, Pansy and Diamond, will soon follow her lead and go in to their heat cycle. So stay tuned.
